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1 1                            CONTENTS 2            Statement of: a panel, including:
3              Grace Healy, Chairperson of Plymouth                                                                                    l 4        Committee on Nuclear Matters; Mary Ott, 5        Co-Chairperson of Citizens Urgining Responsible 1
6        Energy; Neil Johnson, Chairperson of the Duxbury 7        Citizens Committee on Nuclear Matters; Ann 8        Waitkus-Arnold, Chairperson of the Disabled Persons 9        Advisory Group on Nuclear Evacuation for the State 10        office on Handicap Affairs, and William Abbott, 11        President of the Plymouth County Nuclear Committee.
12              A panel, including:
0                        13                State Representative Lawrence Alexander; L
14        State Representative Peter Foreman; David Malaguti, 15        Chairman of the Plymouth Board of Selectmen, and 16        Rachael Shimshak, Massachusetts Public Interest 17        Research Group 18                Statement of Lt. Governor Evelyn Murphy;                                                                                  I 19                Statement of Attorney General William 20        Shannon; 21              A panel, including:
22                Secretary of State of Energy Sharon Pollard; i
23        Public Health Commissioner, Debra Prothrow-Stith:
24        Assisttant Secretary of Public Safety, Peter Anges i
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2                              Dr. Thomas Hurley, Director of the NRC's 3                  Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulations; Mr. William      j 1
4                  Russell, NRC's Regional Administrator; Mr. Richard 5                  Krimm, Assistant Associate Director of FEMA; and        l 6                  Mr. Jack Doland, FEMA Region I.
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2                                                                    ' HEARING ON THE PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION 3                                                                                      Thursday, January 7, 1988 4                                                                        United States Senate Committee on Labor and 5                                                        Human Resources, Plymouth, Massachusetts 6                                                                          The Committee' met at 7:00  p.m. at the Carver 7                                                          Regional High School, Plymouth, Honorable Edward M.
8                                                          Kennedy, Chairman, presiding.
9                                                                        The Chairman:    We'll come to order. We have a 10                                                                      very full program this evening and this is an 11                                                                      extremely important hearing.              We're going to insist 12                                                                      on order.            We very much appreciate all the 3                    13                                                                      curtesies that have been provided by the 3
14                                                                      townspeople here in Plymouth.              We want to thank Mr.
15                                                                      S hacn , the superintendent of schools, for making 16                                                                      the fecility possible.
17                                                                                        As I mentioned, we have a full agenda, a 18                                                                        number of panels.              We want to make sure that our --
19                                                                      all of our witnesses are going to be given adequate 20                                                                        consideration to their views, so we're going to 21                                                                        insist that we move the hearing along.              In a 22                                                                        situation like this, we are always caught in a time 23                                                                        bind between giving people an opportunity to speak 24                                                                        and reducing the amount of time that people have, O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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4              We will ask all of the witnesses on the 5        panel to limit their statements to three minutes.
6        If they have additional comments, they will make 7        their statements a part of the record.
8            I would expect in a hearing like this that we 9        -- anyone who is going to appear before this 10        committee ought to be able to summarize and state 11        their views since we are looking at four expert 12        testimonies.
gg    13                We will try and conclude this hearing around 14        9:30 or quarter of ten. If it looks like we're 15        going after, we'll take a brief break into the 16        hearing, in a couple of hours. I'll make a brief 17        opening statement, and then we'll move on to the 18        first panel of witnesses.
19                We're going to insist that all of our 20        witnesses are going to be sworn in during the 21        course of these hearings. We are going to insist 22        on order and we're going to desist from any 23        exclamations of approval or disapproval. We're 24        going to maintain the decorum of a committee of the l
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5 1                      United States Senate.
2                            The Committee on Labor and Human Resoures are 3                      here to look into the proposed restart of the 4                      Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant, and the potential 5                      implications for the public health and safety in 6                      the surrounding communities. This committee has 7                      had a long involvement in over sight of nuclear 8                      power plant safety and its effects on public 9                      health. In 1979, the committee held hearings on 10                      the accident at Three Mile Island, and a year ago, 11                      we investigated the accident at Chernobyl in the 12                    . Soviet Union.
13                              Since the dawn of nuclear power, we have
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14                      learned a great deal of its potential and about its 15                      awesome potential for destruction. We know more 16                      today about the health effects of radiation 17                      exposure, but many unanswered questions remain.
18                      And there is one fact of which we are certain,
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19                      radiation if unleashed can cause unparallel injury 20                      and devastation. The world learned that lessson 21                      again from the tragedy at Chernebyl where 31 people 22                      lost their lives and thousands more died of 23                      leukemia and other radiation related disease.
24                              We know that nuclear plant accidents can 1
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e 1      happen, and do happen. In fact, the Nuclear 2        Regulatory Commission estimates that in the next 20 3      years, there is a substantial chance for core 4      meltdown in the U. S. power plants.
5            In view of these serious implications, the NRC 6      should be evaluating more effective ways to improve 7        public safety. Regrettably, the opposite has been 8      true. In recent years, the commission has weakened 9      its efforts to protect the public, and the 10        experience of Plymouth is a case in point.
11        Plymouth's history is replete with cases of 12        mismanagement, equipment failure and regulatory 13        violations.
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14                In May 1986  NRC officials identified it as 15        one of the least safe plants in the country. It 16        hss been involved in a number of enforcement 17        actions, and in January 1982, was subjected to one 18        of the largest NRC fines in history, totaling 19          $550,000.
20                Plymouth has also received excessive minimum 21          satisfactory ratings by the NRC. In its periodic 22          assessment report, the plant relies on the 23          containment structure that many experts agree is 24          likely to rupture in the event of high pressure l
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2              Finally, and perhaps more important, both the
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5        residents living near the plant do not have an 6        adequate evacuation plan in the event of a 7        radiation emergency. Yet despite these serious 8        ongoing problem, the Commission is continuing with 9        the process for restarting the plant.
10                  Residents and st. ate officials have 11-        repeatedly called on the Agency for meaningful 12        participation in restart decisions.          Their 13        petitions have fallen on deaf ears.          The NRC has 14        consistently rejected requests to hold a hearing.
15        To some extent this hearing is intended to fill 16        that gap.
17                  Our concerns are not limited to people 18        residing within the ten mile emergency plan zone, 19        but for residents in the Cape Code and in the South J
20        Shore area as a whole. Residents fear that they                                i I
21        will not be safely evacuated in the case of a 22        nuclear accident and their fear is compounded 23        because the plant's record is unsatisfactory.
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3        recommendations for the public from the State and 4        from FEMA, and I look forward to hearing from the i
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6              Our first panel of witnesses this evening is              );
7        comprised of residents of this area, Plymouth and                I 8      Duxbury, which could be most directly affected by a              i 9        restart of the Pilgrim plant. They have done a 10        tremendous amount of work on the subject, and they 11        are the most vivid proof of the democratic process 12        in action. So I would welcome them hare tonight.
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15                Mr. Golden:  Good evening, Mr. Chairman.
16        For the record, my name is State Senator William                  1 17        Golden from the Norfolk, Plymouth District.
18                It is my pleasure tonight to welcome you and 19        to thank you for beginning tonight a process which 20        the Nuclear Regulator Commission of the United 21        States han denied the people of America and the l
22        citizens of America's hometown, Plymouth, and that                i 23        is the opportunity to participate in the process cf                ,
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3        evening, Mr. Chairman, will be Grace Healy, the 4        chairperson of Plymouth Committee on Nuclear 5        Matters; Mary Ott, co-chairperson of Citizens 6        Urging Responsible Energy; Neil Johnson, 7        chairperson of the Duxbury Citizens Committee on 8        Nuclear Matters; Ann Waitkus-Arnold, chairperson of 9        the Disabled Persons Advisory Group on Nuclear 10        Evacuations for the State Office on Handicap 11        Affairs, and William Abbott, President of the 12        Plymouth County Nuclear Committee.
13                  The Chairman:  Well, thank you very much, 14        .Mr. Golden. We will ask all of you if you would be 15        kind enough to stand.
16                                  (Witnesses sworn).
17                  The Chairman:  We'll start with Mr. Abbott.
18                  Mr. Abbott:  Mr. Chairman, thank you for the 19        opportunity to testify before your committee.
20        You're about to hear tonight what vill be the 21        impact upon the health and safety nL the community 22        surrounding the Pilgrim I plant should it be 23        allowed to start up in the next few months.
24                  We would Idke to address the issue of
 
in 1                  protection against the catastrophic accident and 2                  emergency plan. I would like to focus my brief 3                  comments to recommendations on the subject of 4                  radiation emissions for Pilgrim I and their control 5                  and their montoring, or as is usually the case, 6                  their lack thereof by the NRC.
7                          Over a year ago, I testified before tue 8                  Massachusetts legislative committees advocating the 9                  funding of an effective monitoring system by the 10                  State of Massach9.setts to take up what the NRC does 11-                  not perform. Legislation was introduced, but it      j i
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14                  NCR to release the operations of Pilgrim I; a 15                  reliance, which based on past experience, certainly 16                  gives me and the residents of this area little 17                  comfort.
18                          Pilgrim I has had a history of continued 19                  unplanned radiation releases, which were among the 20                  highest in the nation. Again and again, we see 21                  reports of radiation releases in the file, which we 22                  must diligently dig through unpublicized NRC t
23                  reports to see that there is this recurrent public 24                  health menace.                                          j I
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11 1                Now, Senator, given the reports of 2        substantially higher than average incidents of 3        cancer in Plymouth and towns downwind of the plant, 4        this do-nothing approach by the State o; 5        Massachusetts and by the NRC can no longer be 6        tolerated. To date, our efforts have been                                  '
7        singularly unsuccessful in getting the NRC to do 8        anything about this. They have failed miserably 9        over the years, both in discharging their public 10        protection function, and equally as in important, 11        in giving the public any comforting perceptions 12        that it is fulfilling this function.
  )    13                Operating from a distance, King of Prussia,
.      14        Pennsylvania or Washington, their typical 15        involvement is to become active after receiving a 16        report from Edison; dispatch a team to the site; 17        listen to Edison's explanation, and then generally 18        endorse and ratify Edison's report with the usual 19        conclusion, without any further investigation that 20        the public health is not, in fact, impacted by the 21        incident.
22                Massachusetts, likewise, has effectively 23        failed to monitor the plant. We, through a federal 24        court suit years ago, got the Department of Public
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i 1              Health to install dosimeters in Plymouth and 2                surrounding towns to monitor the release of 3                radiation.
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5                out of this function has been proven nearly 6                worthless since the devices were only read 7                quarterly    results are hidden from public view, and 8                even worse, Mr. Chairman, no attempt is made to 9                correlate the reading of these devices with known 10                          accidents of the plant, which could lead to 11                          off-site releases, despite Edison's predictable, 12                          self-serving statements that all releases are
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14                                  Let me illustrate this fundamental failure 15                          with one example to show you that the responsible 16                            authorities are not protecting the citizens of the 17                            South Shora. We researched this ourselves.
18                                    In June 1982, Edison sent a detailed report 19                            to the NRC regional office explaining that highly 20                            radioactive resin particulate matters, which had 21                            accumulated over an extended period of time were 22                            found and accidently injected into the ventilation      .
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3                  The Region I NRC office dispatched a team to 4        the site and found that this material had been 5        probably released through the vent duct which                            ,
6        exhausts through the atmospheric elevation of 100 7        feet. Ten cubic feet of this highly radioactive
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8        resin was found in the standby gas treatment system                      )
9        inlet plenum. This is the spot which releases 10        materials from there to the atmosphere.
i 11                  Now, despite the very serious potential of 12          this accident for off-site contamir.ation and the 13          carrying away of radioactive dust by the winds, no.
14          effort was made to read the off-site TLDS -- there 15          are three separate sets of these maintained by the 16        NRC, Boston Edison and the State of Massachusetts 17        -- no efforts were made to correlate those readings 18        with this observed accident. Nobody bothered to 19        read them to see if -- the typical statement of 20        Edison was made at the time that no radiation 21        escaped off-site -- it was, in fact, true.
22                  Now, this failure was probably due to the 23        fact that the readings did not become available --
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2                                      We did check the readings, and the results 3          were highly significant.                            For instance, in the 4          summer of 1982, all TLD locations as registered by I
5          Edison, the NRC and the state showed a large rise 6            and then declined by the same percentage, 7            indicating a consistent pattern.                                          Likewise, the 8            dose rate decreased with distance away from the 9            plant as one would expect from a point source.                                                                              The 10            zone closest to the plant showing the --
11                                      Mr. Chairman:        What does that mean in 12            practical terms, in terms of the health hazard for 13            the population, those kinds of increases?
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14                                      Mr. Abbott:        Senator, they are substantially 15            in excess of background radiation, and I think that                                                                                          j 16          anytime you add the background radiation from the 17            Pilgrim Nuclear Plant, you are adding to the health 18            hazard of the people of the area.
19                                        We have asked the State of Massachusetts to                                                                    _
20            hold hearings to set new levels of radiation 21            standards, emission standards.                                          This is one of the 22            problems we have with the NRC, that their standards 23            thet they have, don't take care of keeping up with 24            the most highly -- with current scientific OstpTry gun 7,rVTur raffDT prDADTTMC c rD tr T."r                                      vste                                                      ,
 
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7                  We brought this -- A year ago, I discussed 8          this at a meeting with NRC at a public forum. They 9          told me that they had not read the -- the gentleman 10          that was there was on a team that inspected the 11          plant after that accident, had not read the TLD 12          data. He said some four years after the incident
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14          State Department of Public Health did not do much 15          better.
16                  The Chairman:  I'll give you another minute.
17                  Mr. Abbott:  The remedy to this failure is 18          starkly obvious. Either the NRC or the State or 19          both should gear up the necessary manpower and 20          equipment to monitor the day-to-day operations at 21          Pilgrim I, including all planned and unplanned 22          releases of radiation on a regular, continuous 23          basis, not this haphazard hit-or-miss system that 24          we have now. It should be read on a real time, O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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3        we don't have to search for them. Until that is in 4        place, Senator, I say the plant should not be 5        allowed to re-open.
6                The people of the South Shore deserve to 7        know what they are being exposed to. It's a 8        fundamental importance to our mental well-being and 9        physical health that this system be in place. We 10        ask the support of your committee to insure that 11        the NRC not give its approval to Pilgrim restart, 12        unless and until an effective real-time, continuous 13        radiation monitoring system has been fully gD 14        implemented. Thank you.
15                The Chairman:  I'm going to come back to 16        some questions for Mr. Abbott. I would like to try 17        and go down the panel first, and then come back 18        with some questions. I'll ask that Anne i
19        Waitkus-Arnold, and then we'll proceed. Chairwoman 20        of the Plymouth Commission on Handicap.
21                Ms. Waitkus-Arnold:  Thank you, Senator.
22                The Chairman:  Put that mike a little 23        closer.
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17 1        opportunity to. testify before your committee.        My 2        name is Ann Waitkus-Arnold and I represent the 3        Massachusetts Office on Handicap Affairs, and 4        chairwoman for the Disabled Persons for the 5        Disabled Advisory Group on Nuclear Evacuations.
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: 7.        Commission on Handicap Affairs, Resource 8        Coordinator for We the People and --
9                  The Chairman:  Slow down just a little, 10          Anne, so we can all --
11                    Ms. Waitkus-Arnold:  Okay. I'm also a 12          member of the Massachusetts Advisory Council on 13          Handicap Affairs, 14                    The purpose of the advisory group is to make
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                                                        .          recommendations to be used by the Mass. Civil 16          Defense Agency and the utilities.      This is a 17          crucial first step in a state-wide effort to insure 18          that all people are included in planning, not only                      I 19          for Pilgrim I, but for Massachusetts residents 20          affected by Yankee Atomic and for Yankee Rowe                          4 l
21          Nuclear Power Plants.
22                    ,In my officiel capacity for the state, I 23          have had the opportunity to talk with 24        . representatives from Civil Defense, Department of                      j l
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3      However, I have seen little evidence of any real 4      efforts to insure the health and safety of the 5      special needs of populations by these agencies.
6      They may give the appearance of concern, but I have 7      found this to be mostly lip service. Government        i 8      assurances to protect the public in the event of an 9      accident at Pilgrim I have been deceptive and 10        grossly irresponsible.
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14        plans for Pilgrim I plant are not adequate for 15        people with special needs.
16                The State's newest revised draft of October 17        1987, developed with the assistance of Boston 18        Edison, now states that potassium iodine will be 19        stockpiled for use for those who will be left 20        behind, instead of including all citizens in actual 21        evacuations --
22                The Chairman:  Would you like to expand on
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24                Ms. Waitkus-Arnold:  Okay.
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3                Ms. Waitkus-Arnold:  They will be storing l-4        that chemical -- the chemical protects the thyroid 5        gland against radioactive iodine. The problem that 6        we have with this is that it is only to be given 7        out to people in nursing homes, hospitals and --
8                The Chairman:  Let's get a little more 9        complete picture. You are talking about included 10          in any suggestion of an evacuation plan, is that 11        people might leave, but that others might leave 12        those who have physical disabilities behind?
{            13                Ms. Waitkus-Arnold:  Right.
14                The Chairman:  Nursing homes or other 15        physical disabilities, and what are they going to 16        be innoculated with this or do they take a pill?
17        They take the pill, and they take whatever 18        radiation there is. The other people have 19        effectively got off the hill, and, hopefully, they 20        leave their handicapped or physically disabled --
21        or physically challenged, as my son would say --
22        behind, to take their pill and hope for the best?
23                Ms. Waitkus-Arnold:  Right. This is a drug 24        that can cause severe allergic reactions, O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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l 1      hemorrhaging, and even death.                                  i 2              Mr. Chairman:  Do you have any instant 3      reaction to that type of an evacuation plan?  I 4      can't let that quite slide by, so quickly.    .
5              Ms. Waitkus-Arnold:  My instant reaction is          )
6      anger, discrimination, and I think it is a very 7      inhuman way to treat people, especially elders and 8      disabled. Those are the only people targeted out            l 9      for this particular type of treatment.
10              The Chairman:  The elderly and the disabled?
11              Hs. Waitkus-Arnold:  Elderly and disabled.
12      That means that we have a discriminatory system in 13      our country today.
ggF 14              In my opinion and the opinion of the 15      advisory group, Edison has spent a great deal of            j 16      time lulling people into a false sense of security, 17      and has consistently been misleading and disceptive 18      on the issues of special needs.
19              One example is a special needs survey done 20      by Edison at the insistence of our disability l          21      group. The purpose of the survey was to identify l          22      peopic who will need assistance during evacuation; unfortunately, they ignored our suggestions and              I 23 24      offers of assistance. The resulting survey was l
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1                    designed in such a way as to exclude most of the 2                    people with disabilities.
3                                  Consequently, there is a stunning 4                    discrepancy between the 1986 Disability Census                l 5                    figure, which shows 4,000 people in Plymouth alone 6                    with severe limitations and the utilities' figures 7                    showing only 474.        Edison then incorporated these      J 8                    erroneous figures into their new evacuation time 9                      estimates of special needs population.
10                                  Mr. Chairman:  As I understand, partially 11                    because many of those who have physical 12                    disabilities don't report them; is that right?
* 13                                  Hs. Waitkus-Arnold:    No. It's because the 14                    survey was kind of a bogus survey.            It wasn't sent 15                    out to people -- it wasn't sent out to any 16                    handicapped or elderly house.            They refused to send 17                    it out to every household in the town of Plymouth.
18                    It wasn't understandable by many disabled people; 19                    elders who had no idea that the service pertained 20                    to them because it spoke about severe disabilities, 21                    and it did not include a lot of questions about 22                    many disabilities.          Obviously, if one is blind, one 23                    would not be able to fill out the survey.
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99 1        that Edison comply with NRC's regulations to notify 2        and alert all segment of the community in case of 3        an accident of Pilgrim I. This includes people who 4        are deaf and hard of hearing.
5                I have testified before the NRC several 6        times on this issue; however, proper action has not 7        been taken to obtain and distribute special 8        equipment to the 420 residents who have requested 9        it frcm Boston Edison. I feel that the NRC is 10        complicit in its violations of federal law because 11        they have been aware of this violation, but have 12        taken no action to make Boston Edison comply.
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  . 14        attitude from the federal government on down that 15        some elderly and disabled people are not worth 16        consideration because exclusion is permitted.        The 17        quality of our government is reflected by the way 18        the government deals with its citizens that are in 19        need of assistance, and until this attitude 20        changes, disabled people will be continued to be 21        treated as second-class citizens.      I'm talking 22        about people who we love and care about, our 23        children, parents, grandparents who may have 24        hearing, vision or phyiscal disabilities, the l
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23 1        thousands of elderly who will need assistance in an 2'        evacuation; our disabled veterans in homes and 3        hospitals and the many retarded persons in group 4        homes, who may not even recognize that an emergency 5        exists. What will happen to them during an 6        emergency?
7                  We are not asking for special treatment, 8        only equal treatment. Failure to include elderly 9        and disabled in planning is deprivation under the 10        equal treatment under the Fourth and Fourteenth 11        Amendments. We are not saying we ought to come t'
12        first. We just want the same chance to escape as 13        everyone else has. Basic civil rights are the
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14        birthright of all Americans and second class 15        citizenship should no longer be allowed. Realistic 16        and humane emergency plans must be developed for 17        all people and every town and village from Cape 18        Code to the borders of New Hampshire affected by 19        this plant. Unless a workable plan can be designed 20        for everybody, and until such a plan can ;    tested 21        and implemented, Pilgrim I should remain closed.
22                  There have been serious incidet. hich 23        reveal the GE containment systems, like the Pilgrim 24        I containment, had an unsafe design, making it very 1
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t D8 1        unlikely to withstand a major accident. This 2        report was kept secret by GE and the NRC for 12 3        years. In addition, the report stated that 4        radioactive and chemical waste in Plymouth by 5        Boston Edison was duly reported to state and 6        federal authorities and has yet to be investigated 7        after seven years. We feel that waiting seven 8        years is seven years too long to find out whether 9        our soil and water have been contaminated.
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14          investigation into why the NRC has failed to 15          protect the health and safety of elderly and 16          disabled people as well as the rest of the general 17          public. Thank you very much for inviting me to 18          speak.
19                  The Chairman:  We'll come back. Do you have 20          of your own knowledge whether other evacuation 21          plans, other parts, treat the handicap like this?
22                  Ms. Waitkus-Arnold:  Jarome Plant.
23                  The Chairman:  Where they have similar kinds 24          of --
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25 1                Ms. Waitkus-Arnold:  Exactly.
2                The Chairman:  Mr. Johnson.
3                Mr. Johnson:  Thank you, Senator for this 4        opportunity to testify before the committee.
5                  My name is Neil Johnson. I'm the chairman 6        of the Duxbury Citizens Committee on Nuclear 7        Matters, and a member of the Duxbury Emergency 8        Response Committee also. I am a registered 9        professional engineer and have design expesience 10        working on nuclear power plants as a licensing, 11          environmental engineer.
12                  I would like to address three areas:
13          Switchyard and emergency diesel generators, 14          overpressurization failure and direct torus venting 15          and stress corrosion cracking.
16                  First, the switchyard and emergency diesel 17          generators. On November 12, 1987, at approximately 18          2:10 a.m., the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
                                                                                                                ,1 19          experienced a complete loss of offsite power, LOOP, 20        during adverse weather conditions.      This resulted 21        in a startup of two emergency diesel generators.
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4              It was reported that the loss of offsit-e 5        power was associated with icing in the switchyard.
6        I'm concerned that similar problems with the plant 7        operating could occur in the future that could 8        result in more serious consequences.
9              Since June of 1972, there have been 20 10        instances of loss of the 345 kv offsite system and 11        four instances of loss of both the 345 kv and the 12        23 kv offsite system. This would be considered 13        LOOP events, L 0 0 P.
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14              I believe that prior to restr.rt, the NRC 15        should review the switchyard and emergency diesel 16        generators as a system and assure the public that 17        the integrity of this system can be maintained 18        under adverse conditions.
19              Based on the recent diesel generators and 20        switchyard problems, I believe that the NRC should 21        require completion of the installation of the new 22        2,000 kw blackout diesel prior to the restart.
23              The conclusion of the NRC Augmented            j 24        Inspection Team review of the November 12 incident, O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.          ,
 
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3                                  resulted from the performance of maintenance using 4                                  inadequate or incomplete maintenance procedures.
5                                          I believe that the NRC should assure the 6                                  publi: that BECO will more aggressively pursue 7                                  courses of action to mitigate mechanical problems 8                                  such as those experienced on the B emergency diesel 9                                  generator.
10                                                      The next topic is on overpressurization 11                                              failure and direct torus venting.
12                                                      The Chairman:                                                                Let me just briefly -- What 13                                              would have been the effect if you have a diesel
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15                                                      Mr. Johnson:                                                        Had the last diesel generator 16                                              failed and the plant been on-line, it would have 17                                              been a station blackout.                                                                                There is -- there are 18                                              some emergency batteries that would keep things 19                                                going for a shcrt time.                                                                                But without offsite power 20                                                and without.the two diesel generators, you have a 21                                                station blackout.
22                                                        The Chairman:                                                              What does that mean, station 23                                                blackout?
24                                                        Mr. Johnson:                                                        That means you don't have a O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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3                        The Chairman:                                      So the systems for safety 4        would have been effectively shut down; is that what 5        you are saying?
6                        Mr. Johnson:                            Yes.                                              There tre some batteries 7        that weuld keep _ things going for a period of time.
8                        Okay. Overpressurization failure and direct 9        torus venting:          I understand that severe accidents 10        in the extreme can generate pressures of more than 11        twice the design pressure of a Mark I containment 12        structure similar to the one at Pilgrim and could 13        cause containment rupture.                                                                                  One core damage g{
14        prevention stategy utilized is containment venting 15        of excess pressure gradually.                                                                                  I have a sketch 16        attached for those who would like to see.                                                                                  This is 17        achieved by bubbling the release from the gas 18        treatment system -- excuse me, from the reactor 19        drywell through the wet well on through the standby 20        gas treatment system, the SBGT, where remaining 21        radioactive iodine and particulate                                                                                  are removed, 22        finally venting out through the main plant stack.
23        Incidently, the standby gas treatment system 24        remained out of service from 1984 through at least l
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2                It is also my understanding 1 hat the 3        existing vent ductwork associated witn the standby 4        gas treatment syste- is of fairly light gauge and                        !
5        may be broached in accident venting. Therefore, 6        the installation of the direct torus vent system,                      .
7        which provides a direct vent path, with heavier 8        gauge pipe around the standby gas treatment system                        ;
9        was proposed at Pilgrim. Installation of this 10        system was begun, but not completed due to a lack 11        of approval by the NRC.
12                  I believe that the NRC should be concerned 13        about the effects of secondary releesi of 14        radioactive gas into the reactor building in the 15        event of ductwork failure. Also, if in the future, 16        the NRC approves the direct torus venting system, I 17        believe that they should review the operation of 18        the manual override, which would allow the operator 19        to manually override switches to allow venting to 20        continue even with high radiation in the torus 21        vapor space. I know that's fairly technical, 22        but --                                                                    i 23                The Chairman:  That is very technical.
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3                                                                        Mr.l Johnson:  Okay.,  With a station 4                                                              -blackout, there are spray systems that would cool
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5                                                                  the reactor. However, if those fail due to no
                              '6'                                                                power or some other problem, then there is direct 7                                                                  torus venting or a venting out of the dry well.
8                                                                  portion of the containment through the wet well.
9                                                                        The Chairman:  As I understand it, they 10                                                                  don't have torus venting; they want to have torus 11                                                                  venting?
12                                                                          Mr. Johnson:  Yes. They have torus venting l                      13                                                                  which would bypass the. standby gas heating system.
14                                                                  Tnat has not been given approval by the NRC.
15                                                                          The Chairman:  If they were to desire to 16                                                                  design a standby system, that is Edison, NRC has 17                                                                  not approved that.
18                                                                          Mr. Johnson:  They felt it was conflicting 19                                                                  -- I forget the exact terminology.          Conflicting 20                                                                  safety use, I think is the terminology.                              l l
21                                                                          The Chairman:  Some translate that as they 22                                                                  put it in here -- even though Boston Edison might                    i 23                                                                  be prepared to put it in here, that it might 24                                                                  suggest that others put it on their plants and l
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1            others might not be willing to do it.                I don't know 2            if that's fair.
3                    Hr. Johnson:              l'm also r bit concerned in 4              that there is a manual override in the high                          !
5            pressure and high radiation that would allow an 6              operator to open a valve to bypass and to go right 7              out to restart.
8                      The Chairman:              Okay. We'll go to Mary Ott.
9              We're trying to open up the background here so that i
10                      we can have some of our other guests go to the                        '
11                      stage. It might be somewhat uncomfortable, but at 12                      least they'll be able to observe.
13                              I'm informed that there is a room down here 14                      where they are covering this through the monitor, i
15                      so I don't know what the -- I'm informed it's                            l 16                        loaded with equipment.                I don't know where the fire      i 17                      marshall is, but anyway, we'll move on.
18                                Mary Ott, we'll hear from you.                                  J 19                                Hs. Ott:              Good evening, Senator Kennedy. We 20                        commend you for calling this important meeting and                      ,
21                        are very grateful for the opportunity to express l
22                        our deepening concern about the health and safety 23                        impact with the restart of Pilgrim, and further at 24                        the failure of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to l
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3                                          Our concerns encompass Pi.lgrims GE Mark I 4                                containment, its poor management history, the lack 5                                  of evacuation plans for area residents,~the threat 6                                  posed by the continued stockpile of tons of nuclear 7                                  waste onsite, the alarming increase in cancer in l-                                                    8                                  the five towns downwind, and finally, the 9                                    credibility of the Boston Edison Company and its 10                                            regulator, the NRC.
11                                                      Although a conclusive link has not been 12                                            found, Pilg-im's
                                                                                                        . history has heighten suspicion of 13                                            the connection between the plant and increased 14                                            cancer incidents in surrounding communities.                                        The 15                                            State Department of Public Health confirmed this 16                                            increase in 1986.
17                                                      Because the report was criticized for 18                                            omitting crucial data, a new study was promised, 19                                              which was to include more recent data, causal 20                                            factors, occupational risks and study of the cancer 21                                              incidents in communities near nuclear power plants 22                                              in New England.      This study should be c'ompleted 23                                              before Pilgrim is allowed to restart.
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1        concern since the plant was licensed in 1972.
2        Edison' decision to use known defective fuel 3        resulted in wide-spread contamination of the plant 4        and contributed to their inability to control 5        iodine releases during the early '70s. They 6        subsequently applied to the NRC for a revision of          l 7        specifications to provide for, quote, operational 8        flexibility, end quote. It was granted.
9                Following Edison study findings in 1982, the 10        NRC assigned special priorities to monitoring the 5
11        management of Pilgrim. By 1986, 16,000 hours of 12        inspection time had been spent at Pilgrim, and a          L 13        third resident inspector assigned. This is 50 O
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14        percent more inspection hours than spent in similar  .
15        ' plants in the northeast, a peculiar committment of 16        resources to oversee a plant that the NRC keeps 17        assuring us has always been operated in a safe 18        manner.
19                Following Edison -- oh, excuse me. Still 20        the problems persist. Since 1984, about 100 21        mishaps have occurred at Pilgrim; 12 accidents have 22        occurred since 1982, causing Edison to notify state 23        officials and police. Despite the objection of 24        State Secretary of Public Safety, 22 legislators l
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El 1        and concerned residents, Edison refueled the 2        reactor with no evacuation plan in place and 1
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1 4                They also commenced the reviewing on the 5        very day they assured the press that the procedure
:1 6        would be done a week later. When question about              j 7        the contradiction, the NRC responde'd, quote, if the 8        utility lied to the public or to reporters, there 9        is no authority under the Atomic Energy Act for the 10          NRC to do anything about it. There is no law that 11          says they have to tell reporters the truth," end 12          quote.
13                  In November of 1987, a series of spills and 14          leaks resulted in the contamination of several 16        workers. Edison's vice president was in Florida at 16          the time. There was no NRC resident inspector 17        onsite. Plant spokesmen originally denied any 18        leaks, and then later acknowledged them. Later a 19        single generator was the only source of electricity 20        to provide cooling for the loaded reactor.          If the 21        plant had been operating and that generator failed,
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1      Edison has withheld documents from the public 2      document room with the permission of the NRC. Many 3      missing have been obtained through the Freedom of
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:    4      Information Act and the chronological history of 5      our monitoring releases to our enviroment. Edison 6      continues to tell us that there has been no 7      releases in excess of technical specifications.
8      The NRC has not made any attempt to contradict the 9      information.
10              During the last 18 months, we have been 11      assured by the NRC and the industry that nuclear 12      power has defense in depth, and we're often 13      reminded that there are inherent risks associated 14      with all forms of energy. The risks we are being 15      asked to bear are unacceptable.
16              since local and state officials are 17      powerless to resolve our dilemma and the NRC 18      refuses to hear our requests for a legal hearing, 19      we appeal to your committee to initiate an 20      independent, congressionally-sponsored 21      investigation into the health and safety impact of 22      the operation of Pilgrim, and further into the 23      conduct of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. On'y 24      a legal inquiry can provide the truth about O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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                                                                                              '36-1            Pilgrim's troubled history.              Such a hearing is 2            needed if public confidence in our system and in 3            the NRC is to be restored.              Thank you, Senator.
4                          The' Chairman:  Dr. Healy.
5                          Dr. Healy:  Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
6'                          The Plymouth Committee on Nuclear Matters, 7            formally constituted by the Board of Selectmen ~on 8            August' 19, 1986, consists of nine members of 9            diverse backgrounds and experience, with expertise 10              in the medical and legal fields; in business and 11              industry, including the utilities; in physics and 12              engineering, in planning and ir, public policy.
13                            The Committee members while differing 14              sometimes radically in their opinions have one 15              common passion, that of the discovery of what is 16              fact.        We have done our best to put aside our 17              individual biases in order to listen to 18              knowledgeable others.
19                            Thus far, the Committee has issued two 20              reports.        The first on the Plymouth Radiological 21              Emergency Response Plan; the second on Environmental 22              Radiation Monitoring.          In the first report, we said 23              the following in March 1987:
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1            Radiological Emergency Response Plan which are 2            serious enough in the Committee's judgment to
                                . 3'            preclude reasonable assurance that adequate 4            protective measures can and will be taken by the 5            town and the state in the event of a radiological 6            emergency.
7                    Hence, the Committee made the following 8            recommendations:
9                    1. That there be a comprehensive revision 10            of the Plymouth Radiological Emergency Response 11            Plan. This task is incomplete.
12                    2. That there be an appointment made of a
    ,)                            13            full-time civil defense director.                                                          That individual 14            will begin on January 11, next Monday.
15                    3. Development of funds for emergency 16            preparedness from federal, state and utility 17            sources. The.only funds forthcoming have been from 18            Boston Edison.
19                    4. Full town participation in a 20            comprehensive drill prior to Pilgrim's coming back 21            on-line. This has not been done.
22                    Regarding the second Committee report, the                                                                          I 23            Committee on Nuclear Matters is strongly concerned 24            with what it considers to be the insufficient O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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5              All of the six reports reviewed by the 6      Committee on Nuclear Matters indicate to its 7      members that the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant does 8      have a continuing enviromen%al impact. In all the 9      materials reviewed, however, Edison, NRC and the 10      Commonwealth hold that offsite releases from the 11      plant, as indicated by current monitoring, have not 12      exceeded technical specifications.
13              Boston Edison Company, the NRC and the 14      Commonwealth then draw the conclusion that t'here 15      has been no measurable impact upon the citizenry.
16      They further claim that even if there had been any 17      impact, it would have been minimal and far less 18      than the effects of previous worldwide weapons 19      testing or of the Chernobyl accident.
20              The Committee on Nuclear Matters takes 21      little comfort in the above comparisons. Any 22      environmental impact is our concern and needs to be 23      examined. Let us not forget that the impact of 24      such effects is cummulative. The Committee i
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1      questions the adequacy of current monitoring around 2      Pilgrim I, even though it is more extensive than 3      that at some other nuclear plants.
4              Hence, the Committee recommends increaseet 5      monitoring, higher quality monitoring, proper 6      timing of monitoring to reveal effects of specific 7      plant incidences which involve radioactive releases 8      and prompt reporting of the results.
9      Accomplishment of these recommendations is basic to 10      an investigation of the impact of the station upon 11      citizens' health; an investigation which has yet to 12      be accomplished.
13              We respectfully request your assistance, Mr.
14      Chairman, on two related matters which may not be 15      the direct concern of your committee. We request 16      that you exert your considerable leadership at the 17      national level to help mitigate the unintended, 18      negative consequences of past congressional action 19      and inaction which have led to America's Hometown    .
20      becoming, in fact, a high level nuclear dump site.
21      We beg you to assist in relieving us of this 22      burden. Only Congress can do it, not the utilities 23      and not Boston Edison.
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6-                We also respectfully suggest that you help 7        to initiate a congressional review of the role and 8        the performance of the Nuclear Regulatory 9          Commission, and reasserting of congressional 10          authority relative to the nuclear industry.            It is 11        needed. We request that you introduce corrective 12        legislation which will ensure congressional 13        authority and responsibility.
14                Thank you very much for this opportunity, 15        Mr. Chairman. It is deeply appreciated.          I shall
            . 16        be happy to ans'ver any questions insof ar as I am 17        able.
18-                The Chairman:  Thank you, Dr. Healy.          I 19        think we'll hear more about some of these issues 20        when we hear from some of our state officials and 21        the relationship that the authority and the power 22          of the Regulatory Agency has stated and I look 23          forward to that.
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3                Dr. Healy:  Yes.
4                The Chairman:  And we'll make that a part of 5          the record, and rather than me reading through 6          that, perhaps you could briefly describe the 7          conclusions.
8                Dr. Healy:  Well, what Dr. Cobbs did is he 9        made note of the highly unusual incidents of 10          leukemia in a five-town range, which includes:
11          Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury, Marshfield and 12          Scituate and what he attempted ~to do was to connect 23          this incident with radioactive emissions from the 14          plant.
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6                                                                                                  The Chairman:  Now, the State has looked 7                                                                                          into this as well, has it not?
8                                                                                                Dr. Healy:  The State has used data from --
9                                                                                          my understanding is that the State has analyzed and 10                                                                                                    re-analyzed data from the Cancer Registry, but 11                                                                                                    those data our committee feels are flawed in that 12                                                                                                    the procedures and the methodolgy are flawed.                                                  It 13                                                                                                    is my understanding that they are moving toward a 14                                                                                                    comprehensive study at'this time, but our 15                                                                                                    committee, it will be recommending that we go far 16                                                                                                    beyond the State to the national level.
17                                                                                                          The Chairman:  I think the suggestions which 18                                                                                                  you make, and Mary ott and others have made with 19                                                                                                  regard to the kinds of health studies are an 20                                                                                                  excellent suggestion, as in hearing of this 21                                                                                                  testimony, in preparation of the hearing and also 22                                                                                                  the previous communications that we have received 23                                                                                                  from many of you and from others.      It seems that 24                                                                                                the kind of -- the pattern that we have heard here O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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        .[, -    2        heard repeated at Three Mile Island in 1979 when 3        this committee held hearings on the health 4        implications of that particular difficulty.
5              So I have asked -- written a letter to the 6        National Institute of Health, Dr. Winegarten, who 7        is the director of the NIA Institute, asked him to 8        do a health study, which investigation specially 9        refers to, and I quote, " Reports of excessive 10        leukemia in certain Massachusetts towns downwind 11        from Pilgrim I Power Plant in Plymouth, and 12        specifically asked him to have his people determine 13        whether there is a causal connection. I hope as 14        well, you might want to take a look at the problems 15        at Three Mile Island as well, but find out and do a 16        very deliberate study, and I will -- I have sent 17        that out today.
18              I will be in touch personally with Dr.
19        Winegarten, and as soon as I get some results or 2(i      some response, I will share it with you and other 21        members of the community.
22              I mentioned that the last paragraph -- next 23        to last paragraph, "And I would suggest that such 24        an undertaking be used as its first model for O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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44 1        evaluation, TMI, Pilgrim I cases, which I 2        described. I think the National Institute of 3        Health probably has as good a capability and 4        capacity to do that as any in the country.
5        Hopefully, they will coordinate their work with the 6        state officials and local officials as well.
7                  I would hope that we would be able to call 8        on much of the expertise that we have' heard this 9        evening and other expertise in their consideration.                        i 10                Let me ask, because we want to move on, Mr.
11        Abbott, one is a suggestion has been made is 12        whether we ought to have -- create independent of 13        the NRC, an independent body to oversee the public 14        health aspects of nucitar plant radiation releases.
15        I don't know if you have any opinions about that.
16        I don't know quite how we would set it up.
17                Mr. Abbott:        Well, Mr. Chairman, there is a 18        definite perception of the public that the NRC is 19        still promoting nuclear power, rather then being 20        most concerned about the health and effect of 21        nuclear power.
22                I think part of what I was trying to express                          1 23        was that the perception of the public was that 24        really nothing was being done to protect it, and I i
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45 1            don't think we have any comfort level that the NRC 2            is doing it. Whether -- I have pleadings to the L
3            State of Massachusetts to have another federal 4            agency which is to be kept totally independent of 5            the promotion of nuclear power; then that might do 6            the job.
7                    The Chairman:  This is another issue that 8            maybe we ought to try to -- I thought through your 9              testimony, Mary Ott, with regards to the 10                      difficulties that you had in terms of getting 11                      information, having to run through the Freedom 12                      Information Act to get that, is obviously 13                      enormously discouraging. I don't know whether you 14                      have any reaction to some independent health 15                      advisory group to monitor these types of 16                      activities.
17                              of course, then again, we have who appoints 18                      it; who it is accountable to and whether we are 19                      just creating more bureaucracy, but maybe you can      -
20                      give some thought to it. We might try to 21                      circularize at least some suggestions along those 22                      lines and try to get some of your reaction to it.
23                              And, Anne, I'm still troubled by your report 24                      in terms of how any evacuation plan is going to O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
46 1                                                                                      have to deal with some of those who have physical 2                                                                                      or mental limitations in terms of their physical
                              '-      3                                                                                        capabilities.                                                                                                                You, as I understand, have made 4                                                                                        those representations to FEMA, have you?
5                                                                                                                                                    Ms. Waitkus-Arnold:                                                            FEMA, yes.
6                                                                                                                                                    The Chairman:                                                            And I understand that one of 7                                                                                        the major conclusions FEMA reaches when they 8                                                                                      withdrew their approval was that the evacuation 9                                                                                        plan for -- when they withdrew their approval, did 10                                                                                            so because of the inndequate planning for the 11                                                                                            evacuation of rpecial needs population.
12                                                                                                                                                        Ms. Waitkus-Arnold:                                                            Right.
13                                                                                                                                                        The Chairman:                                                            And these -- I think, you 14                                                                                            should take some sense of satisfaction that someone 15                                                                                            at least listened to what, I think, is really one 16                                                                                            of the most provocative, unbelievable conclusions 17                                                                                            that I've heard in terms of preparation for the 18                                                                                          hearing.                                                                                  I must sa I was absolutely dumbfounded.
19                                                                                            I should probably have known about it, but I think 20                                                                                            it must have stirred the heart and soul of any 21                                                                                            citizen to think that that's the way we're going to 22                                                                                            treat our fellow citizens                                                                                                                  particularly those who 23                                                                                            are facing some physical challenge.
2(                                                                                                                                                          I want to thank all of you very much.                                                            You O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
47 1        have been extremely helpful,                                    I think the questions
                        .                    2        that you have raised have enormous potential impact 3        for the people living in the area and.throughout 4:        the state.        We're very grateful to all of you for 5        the hard work.                              It is'quite clear from your 6        testimony cnd from your fuller statements of the 7        time and the expertise that you have put into this 8        consideration, not only through yourselves, but 9        through your fellow citizens.                                    It is really a 10          citizenship at its very best.
11                        I'll just make sure as I'll' indicate in the 12          end how we're going to treat the compilation of all
                  ,                        13          the material that we'll get this evening.- and the 14          concluding remarks.                                  But I'm grateful to you. .and I 15        will take the liberty, when I talk to Dr.
16        Winegarten, to mention each of you, send along your 17          testimonies, and, hopefully, will have your input 18        when the NIH does its work.                                    I want to thank all of 19        you for your presentations.                                    Thank you very much.
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21                    The Chairman:                              Our next panel is comprised 22        of some representatives and public officals who 23        represent people who live in the area and the 24        representative of one of our most foremost public O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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2        have worked long and hard on Pilgrim I questions.
3        I welcome them here this evening to share with the 4        committee their judgments and concerns.
5                First, we have Senator Bill Golden, who I'm 6        sure is no stranger to any of you nor to me.      Bill 7        has been unrelenting in his attention to Pilgrim E        and I look forward to his testimony.
9                We'll also hear from State Representative, 10        Larry Alexander, who has previously testified for 11        Congress on Pilgrim. Peter Foreman, State 12        Representative from Plymouth, who led a legislative 13        effort on the subject of Pilgrim; David Malaguti, 14        who is the chairman of'the Plymouth Board of 15        Selectmen, and who has devoted a lot of time on the 16        issue: and Ms. Rachael Shimshak -- is that correct 7 17        -- Shimshak, from the Massachusetts Public Interest 16        Research Group, an organization which over the last 19        several years has issue 6 three major reports 20        dealing with the Pilgrim I plant.
21                I welcome all of you here and look forward 22        to your presentation. Why don't we go left to 23        right. Three minutes.
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49 1                          would like to thank you for this opportunity, and I 2                          have some additional materials which I would like 3                          to offer as an appendix to your committee, along 4                          with copies of my testimony.
5                                                          As chairman -- House Chairman of the 6                          Massachusetts Legisture Joint Committee on 7                          Energy --
8                                                          The Chairman:                                                                                                                            Wait a second. I forgot to 9                          swear you in.                                                                                                                  (Applause).
10                                                                                                                                                                                (Witnesses sworn).
11                                                        Mr. Alexander:                                                                                                                              Well, if that's the case, 12                          let me change my speech.                                                                                                                                                    (Laughter). Just 13                          kidding, 14                                                          Senator, it is with great appreciation that 15                          I testify today for your concern about this very 16                          important subject.                                                                                                                                                    I'm State Representative Larry 17                          Alexander.                                                                              I?m House Chairman of the Legislature's 18                          Joint Committee on Energy, and I believe that there 19                          are two significant issues associated with nuclear 20                          power that warrant major federal investigations 21                          immediately.
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1                                                              near nuclear power plants.                        I was delighted to hear                                    1 2                                                              about your request to the National Insitute of 3                                                              Health in that regard.
4                                                                                          Secondly, I believe that Congress should 5                                                              order an intense investigation of the safety 6                                                              systems that operators of European nuclear reactors 7                                                              have added to their nuclear power plants to 8                                                              determine whether operators of America nuclear 9                                                              power plants should make similar modifications.
10                                                                                                Let me discuss each of these in a little 11                                                                    more detail.                        First of all, with respect to the 12                                                                    health effects of living near nuclear reactors, 13                                                                    there is an increasing body of scientific evidence ul 14                                                                    that seems to suggest that routine and accidental 15                                                                    releases of radiation from nuclear reactors may be 16                                                                    causing increased leukemia, cancer, infant 17                                                                    mortality, congential defects and other adverse 18                                                                    consequences.
19                                                                                                For that reason, I filed a bill to have 20                                                                    Massachusetts set its own standards for emissions, 21                                                                    which it is allowed to do under federal law.                                                  I'm 22                                                                    pleased to say the bill passed the House, but it 23                                                                    has failed to pass the Senate yet, but I hope that 24                                                                    ultimately, we'll be able to pass that law.
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      ,          2      Health has found statistically significant 3      increased incidents of leukemias in communities 4      near the Pilgrim reactor. There was a 59 percent 5      increase in blood disorders, including leukemia for 6      Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury, Marshfield and 7      Scituate for the years 1982 through 1984. In 1985, 8      there were three times as many cases cf these blood 9      disorders than would normally be expected for women 10      in Plymouth, six cases instead of two, and the 11      tt.a1 increase for the five towns from 1982 through 12      1985 was a statistically significant 43 percent.
n,          13              Dr. Sidney Cobb, whom you alluded to 14      earlier, also found that there seemed to be an 15      increase in infant mortality nnd congenital defect 16      rates that took place in coastal communities 17      adjacent to or north of Plymouth soon after 18      significant radioactive emissions were discharged 19      from Pilgrim in the 1970s.                          .
20              There also seems to be some evidence of 21      perhaps increased leukemia for people living 22      downwind from Maine and Connecticut reactors. And 23      there was a recent study in Lancet magazine 24      suggesting a significant correlation between the O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
52 1                            proximity to nuclear power plants and increased 2                            leukemia incidents in England.
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3                                    Therefore, I hope that Congress will do a 4                            major kind of analysis of this issue to explore 5                            this issue on a nationwide basis to put this issue 6                            to rest.one way or the other for its citizens who 7                            live near those plants.
8                                    Let me turn now briefly to the issue of 9                            nuclear reactor safety, particularly with reference 10                            to the General Electric Mark I reactor found at 11                            Pilgrim.                                I have serious doubts about the adequacy 12                            of the containment structure at Pilgrim.
13                                    Hany European reactors have safety reactor 14                            features that American reactors don't have.                                                                      Some, 15                            for instance, have a filtered vent to prevent 16                            overpressurization and a consequent breach of 17                            containment.                                These filters trap most the 18                            radiation.
19                                    My understanding is that Boston Edison has 20                            not put any filters in the vents that it is going 21                            to put in for the Boston Edison plant.                                                              I find that 22                            strange.                                Even the owners of the Shoreham reactor 23                            in Long Icland have announced their intention to 24                            install such a filtered vent, and I fail to see why 1
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1        all the Pilgrim owners failed to do so as well.
2                Also, many European reactors have an
      '. 3        additional, independent decay heat removal system 4        that serves as sort of a back-up cooling system in 5-        case of failure of the original residual heat or l            6        the emergency core cooling system.      And again, some 7        of the European systems have done that, and yet 8        Boston Edison has not seen fit to install that 9        here. I wonder, if it's good enough for some of 10          the European plants, why it is not good enough for l
11        having here.
12                A federal investigation, preferably 13        independent of the NRC, should be undertaken y
14        immediately of the filtered vent, the bunkered RHR                      j 15        system, and other European safety systems to 16        determine whether they should be added to American 17        nuclear power plants.
18                Congress should also consider requiring 19        construction of a second steel-reinforced concrete 20        containment structure and molten core barriers 21        before General Electric Mark I-designed plants, 22        such as Pilgrim, are allowed to continue to 23        operate. Pilgrim should also not be allowed to 24        restart unless the Governor reaches a threshold O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
1      determination.that an evacuation plan can 2      adequately protect public health and safety and
                              -                      3      local officials and the Governor have approved such 4      a plan.
5              Let me add one final word with regard to 6      Pilgrim. I am becoming more and more convinced 7      that we may'not need the power from Pilgrim.
8      Boston Edison's own forecast of electric supply and-9      demand shows that it probably won't need Pilgrim 10            power from 1990 to the year 2000.              With 11            conservation and energy produced by small-power 12            facilities,,we may not need electricity from 13            Pilgrim.
14                    So, therefore, all of us should ask 15            ourselves why we should take a risk that we don't 16            have to take.      All of us should ask ourselves the 17            ultimate question, do we really need to take the 18            risk of Pilgrim re-opening when we may not even 19            need 'the power it might produce?            (Applause).
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l 1 Pilgrim and Kingston; I'n'a resident of Kingston 2 and Plymouth. I recently served as House Chaire.an 3 of the Legislature's Joint Special Committee to 4 investigate the plant.
5              I want to congratulate you for'the hearing.
6      While many state and local officials have been
                                                                .7      quite vocal and active trying to keep pressure on 8      the NRC,. it is obvious that there is little' state 9      or local jurisdiction over nuclear plents, as it is 10        all exclusively federal control, and as such, we 11        are very pleased to you take this initiative.
12                I understood from your staff that the focus 13        of the hearing was not so much on Edison's 14        performance, rather the performance of the federal 15        agency, particularly the NRC, who regulates the 16        utiltities. So I would like to offer a few broad 17        observations about the NRC's work.
18                One of the most commonly heard criticisms is 19        that the NRC is too much an advocate te nuclear 20        powar and not a watchdog and I would like to give 21        you two examples of hev i think some of the NRC's 22        thinking has already entered to its keeping the 23        plants open.
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8              I would urge, as a previous witness has,      j 9        that Congress and the Administration not allow any 10      delay in selecting a federal disposal site because 11      I think that's one of the reason we don't want to 12      address the issue of decommissioning.
13              In  the meantime, I think, though, I think 14      everyone would be well served with decommissioning 15      plans for power plants, including Pilgrim, and I 16      would like to urge the NRC and Boston Edison, along 17      with any state, federal and local officials to 18      begin planning for decommissioning, so area 19      residents and rate payers and state officials will 20      know what's in store for us when a plant is 21      permanently closed.
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23      keeping plants open is their grading system of 24      plants' peformance. We're all familiar with the 1
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4        eriteria or peformance that would trigger a license 5        revocation or a continued review of licensee                                                    !
6        peformance.                          I think that the public and nuclear 7        industry need to see clear standards as to exactly 8        what constitues a poorly run or a failing plant.
9                                        The issues surrounding public health are, of 10        course, paramount, but I get the sense that the NRC 11        works in short-term incident specific reviews of 12        whether or not a plan is responsible for any threat 13        to public health.                          I would urge the Congress, or an 14        agency other than the NRC, begin some sort of 15        comprehensive long-term studies to the public 16        health impact, if any, around nuclear power plants.
17        These studies should include the exposure to health 18        histories, as well as the cumulative exposure to 19        the general public.
20                                        I would like to make another general 21        observation about work place safety not related to 22        radiation exposure.                          Not too long ago, Edison had a 23        project remove asbestos from the plant, and one of 24        the plant employees suggested to me that the work O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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1        was poorly done and that there was unnecessary 2        risks of asbestos exposure to the employees in the 3        area. Questions were raised about those                                                                              i 4        disabilities to supervisors to investigate this 5        problem. And I think some work needs to be done to 6        insure that the NRC regulations and the industry 7        standard to reduce radiation exposure, as well as 8        NRC's almost exclusive jurisdiction over nuclear 9        plant, does not reduce non-radiation related 10        workplace safety standards.
11                On another matter, questions have been 12        raised about the relationship with contract workers 13        in the plant;          who do they answer to, what kind of 14        quality control is achieved and how well do they 15        work with other employees, and understand the NRC 16        regulations, and I would hope that part of the NRC 17        is to have some sort of fuller investigation into 18        those questions.
19              As House Chairman of the Special Committee, 20        legislative committee dealing with Pilgrim, there 21        were two matters that we simply were not able to 22        resolve. One was the issue of Mark I designs.                                                                      Is 23        there, in fact, an increase of containment failure 24        in a Mark I design O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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3                  Mr. Foreman:  The other is overcharges of              _
4          past releases. .And Mr. Abbott, I think, has 5          probably done the best job in documenting one such 6          release in 1982.
7                  Should the NRC refuse an adjudicatory 8          hearing on Pilgrim's license, then,.at least, the 9          NRC, or through your outfit, would have some sort 10          of hearings on these two issues because these are 11          of critical concern to the area residents, and we 12          simply do not have the resource in our state 13          legislature to begin sorting out the issues of past 14            releases in the Mark I containment issue.
15                  Finally, I would like to very quickly touch 16          on the issue of emergency preparedness. The NRC 17          has created what, I think, is a real jurisdictional l                    18          mess over the issue of emergency preparedness by l
19          requiring local approval of plans, the NRC may or 20          may not have given states the power to close 21          plants. How far this power actually goes is 22          unclear, but I think it is in everyone's interest l                    23          that it needs to be clarified, clarified This should
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1 ou 1      be done as soon as possible, so that state 2        officials will have some sense as to how much
                                                  -            3      power, if any, state and local officials have in 4        closing a plant and preventing a plant like Pilgrom 5        from coming ~back online or preventing one from 6      opening up through the use of the emergency 7      preparedness plans.
8                Again, Senator, let me congratulate you for 9      focusing some congressional attention on this, and 10        particularly on the NRC and its role as a federal 11        regulator.
12                  The Chairman:  Thank you very much.                    Mr.
13          Golden.
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14                  Mr. Golden:  Mr. Chairman,          I' want to thank 15          you first for your continuing and long standing 16          interest in this issue, and particularly for 17          responding to the request of local officials to 18          bring this hearing to us this evening.                        I 19          particularly thank you for the opportunity to 20          testify before you this evening.
21                  I believe that the Pilgrim Nuclear Power 22        Station should be closed for reasons of safety, 23        reliability and economics.      There is overwhelming 24        evidence that you will hear tonight that it is one O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
1 01 1      of the worse managed nuclear power plants in the 2      country. Its containment vessel has been proven to 3      be defective, no 2mergency plans exist to 4      adequately protect the public in the event of a 5      serious accident at the plant.          Evidence has also 6      been mounting of serious security and radiological 7      control problems at the plant, and a recent-study 8      has demonstrated that it would be less expensive to 9      shut Pilgrim down than it would be to allow it to 10        start up again; yet no level of government has 11        acted decisively to shut this plant down.
12                  Under the Atomic Energy Act, states have 13        aimost no power regarding the safety of nuclear
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14        power plants. Federal authority, which is embodied 15        in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has a virtual 16        monopoly regarding the operation of nuclear plants.
17        Unfortunately> the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 18        has failed to distinguish between plants that are 19        safe and those that are not.
20                  Rather than providing a fair and open forum 21        for resolution of nuclear safety concerns, as well 22        as a mechanism for closing unsafe plants, the NRC 23        has chosen instead to be an advocate of the nuclear 24        industry. Despite all the well documented problems 1
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3                                          In July of 19f -- in 1986, I filed on behalf 4          of myself and 49 others state legislators and 5          Massachusetts, Public Interest Research Group and 6          other players, a petition with the NRC requesting-a 7          formal hearing on suspension or revocation of 8          Pilgrim's license to operate.                              Both the government 9          and the Attorney General has since filed similar 10          show cause petitions with the NRC requesting 11          hearings on the Pilgrim's license.
12                                            The NRC's failure to consider fully and 13          fairly and in a timely manner these petitions has
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14          convinced us that we cannot rely on the NRC to 15          protect the public from the dangers presented by 16          the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant.                              We urge and 17          respectfully request that you join our efforts by 18          using the power of this committe to demand that the 19          NRC hold formal hearings, so that Boston Edison may i
20          demonstrate why it should be allowed to operate a 21          plant that is unsafe, unreliable and uneconomical.
22                                            A year and a half ago, I testified at length 23          before the Congressional Subcommittee on Energy 24          Conservation and Power in Washington, D. C. on the I
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7              The fact of the matter is, Senater, that we                          i 8        need your help. We are in a situation where we 9      have a utility that plans to file for restart of
: 10.        this plan even though they don't have the approved 11        management performance, even though there is no 12        emergency plan'to adequately protect the public, 13        even though the containment vessel is flawed and we 14        have a 90 percent rate of failure in the event of a 4
15        serious accident of the plant, and even though 16        radiological control problems seem to threaten the 17          health of workers and the general public. The NRC 18          has determinedly been an advocate for the industry.
19          It ha's sought to shut out public participation.
20                  You have opened the door tonight to that 21          public participation to state and local officials 22          and the general public. We deeply appreciate it.
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3        suspended or revoked.                                                                              (Applause).
4              The Chairman:                                                                              Excellent testimony.
5                (Boeing).
6              The Chairman:                                                                              Voices of Boston Edison.                                Let 7        me say we have tried to get to the NRC to have such 8        a hearing with regard to_Seabrook.                                                                              We were unable 9        to do so. We have, not only myself, we were joined 10        by just about the whole congressional delegation, 11        and we have -- and also Senators from New York that 12        -- we work together, the Senators from New York.
13        (Laughter).  -- and we'll continue to try and de 14        so.
15                I really am troubled by the fact that we 16        can't get such an open hearing.                                                                              We are going to 17        insist, as we.did in seabrook.                                                                              I mentioned earlier 18        what I would do, if we're unable to get the NRC to 19        open -- I would certainly hope that they will.                                                                                                            I 20        will take every action I possibly can to see that 21        they do. I know -- I'm sure I speak for my 22        colleagues, Senator Kerry and Congressman Studd.
23        But they -- but if we're unable to do so, we 24        certainly can testify.                                                                              I give you assurance I O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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4        Is that how it's pronounced?                                    Did I say it right?
5                Mr. Malaguti:                                  Yes, Senator.                As a matter of 6        fact, you're just fine.
7                Senator, I'm the new chairman of the local 8        Board of Selectment, and on behalf of my board, I 9        would welcome you to Plymouth.                                    It is a pleasure 10        and an h'onor to'have you here.                                  We would like to 11        see you more often, perhaps, but it is indeed a 12        pleasure.      I'm afraid that at this point my 13        testimony, some.of it, might be old hat, but I 14        think it is important enough to state again.
l 15                The Plymouth Board of Selectmen has 16        discussed at regularly scheduled and posted 17        meetings and has taken the following position.                                                      The 18        Pilgrim Power Station should not be permitted to 19        restart until an effective radiological emergency 20        response plan approved by the town of Plymouth is 21        in place. I quote from the Board's letter to the 22        NRC, dated September 2, 1987.
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                                                                    %b 1        our community not be allowed to restart until the 2      ' radiological emergency response plan of this town 3        is in an effective form," end of quote.
4              That position statement was taken after 5        receiving a first report of the town's Committee on 6        Nuclear Matters dated March 1987, and on the advice 7        of the civil defense lawyer. Our position was 8        reiterated in a second letter to the NRC, dated 9      November 16, 1987.
10                "Our present radiological emergency response 11        plan dated May 1985, is inadequate, outdated and 12        has serious deficiencies. While we are working
        , 13        hard to bring into being a new plant that would 14        permit us to provide for the health and safety of 15        our citizens during a radiological emergency, an 16        approved plan does not exist at this time. It will 17        take several more months of work before such a plan 18        can be presented for the action of the Board of 19        Selectmen."
20                Senator, the magnitude of this problem can 21        be grim if you will just bear in mind two 22        population figures. When Pilgrim Station opened in            j i
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r 1        3ength. Stretching along the ocean, we have three 2        major escape routes:  Route 3A, Route 44 and the
,  3        Route.3 Expressway. All routes. suffer from traffic 4        gridlocks periodically, especially during the 5        tourist season when people flock throughout our E        historic town. Winter storms, fall hurricanes, and 7        other adverse weather conditions only exacerbate 8        the problem.
9                The town of Plymouth is in the best position 10        to assess the public's safety. We are the 11        population most at risk, and we have the experience 12        of the years in dealing with disaster. No public 13        utility must be permitted by the Nuclear Regulatory 14        Agency to dictate a evacuation plan, thereby 15        usurping the traditonal powers and authority of the 16        local elected officials. We not about to surrender 17        our rights to govern ourselves. We are united with 18        our Massa'chusetts civil defense director, our state 19        public safety director and with our governor. We 20        maintain, as did Governor Dukakis in his letter of 21        December 17, 1987, that the Pilgrim Nuclear Power 22        Station should not be permitted to restart the 23        reactor until all safety issues are resolved, and 24        until adequate approved emergency response plans O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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I                  have been developed by this town and state.
2                                  We recommend that your committee exert
                                                  ',        .3                    congressional pressure on the NRC to. keep the 4                  . Pilgrim' nuclear power station closed until an 5                  effective town-approved emergency plans have been 6                    developed for the safety of our citizens and for 7                    the protection of their property in this state.
8                                  I thank you Senator for the opportunity to 9                  testify.
10                                      The ;heirman:        Ms. Shimshak.
11                                      Ms. Shimshak:        Thank you, Senator. It's an-12                      honor to testify before you tonight, and also to 13                      sit with so many distinguished legislative
                .                                          14                      representatives, of which I'm not one of them.
15                                    My name is Rachel Shimshak.        I'm an advocate 16                      for Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group.
l 17                      MASSPIRG is a state-wide organization, working on 18                      consumer and environmental protection and energy 19                      issues.            We have about 150,000 members across the 20                      state.          I appreciate the opportunity to testify                                        -
21                    tonight about the historically troubled Pilgrim 22                    reactor.
23                                    MASSPIRG has followed the problems of 24                    Pilgrim over the past decade and has conducted O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
1        reveral studies on emergency planning issues and 2        the economic benefits of closing the reactor and 3        investing in alternatives. I've brought with me 4        copies of those reports and I would like to submit 5        them for the record, if I could.
6              In July of 1986, as Senator Golden 7        mentioned, MASSPIRG, along with many state 8        legislators, elected officials and dozens of 9        citizen groups represented here tonight, submitted 10                    a Show Cause petition to the Nuclear Regulator 11                    Commission which detailed management, structural, 12                    emergency planning and radiological exposure 13                    problems at the reactor.      MASSPIRG is certainly not
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14                    alone in its criticism of the plan.                      Reports from 15                    the NRC, the Department of Public Utility, the 16                    Federal Emergency Management Agency, the State 17                    Department of Public Safety, and even Boston 18                    Edison's own review panel, the Hogan Commission, 19                    have' detailed their criticism of Boston Edison's 20                    management and of-Pilgrim's plant.                      If a horse had 21                    as many problems as the Pilgrim plant had, it would 22                    have been shot.      (Laughter, applause).
23                          It would be wise to acknowledge Edison's 24                    inability to correct these problems and to put the 4
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2                  Today I would like to focus my. comments on 3          the conclusions of an emergency planning survey 4          released this fall entitled "No Exit".      MASSPIRG's 5          earlier reports generally looked at the adequacy of 6          the. emergency plans themselves. This report 7            approached the emergency plans from a different 8            angle. It looked not at the plans themselves, but 9            at the people who would be asked to follow them.
10            Such information is crucial to assessing the 11            feasibility of the plan, particularly in light of 12            the General Accounting Office's finding that, 13            quote, "No federal agency assess public knowledge 14            of radiological emergency procedures."
15                  In the summer of 1987, MASSPIRG surveyed 363 16          residents of the Pilgrim emergency planning zone to 17          determine what people knew about the official 18          emergency plan, and whether they would follow those i          19          plans in case of an accident at the plant.
20                  The key findings of this survey show that
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4                                    First, residents have only a limited 5                            knowledge of emergency plans for their communities.
6                            Only 56 percent of those~ surveyed said that they 7                              had received the Emergency Public Information 7
8                            booklet-from Boston Edison, the operators of the 9                            plant, compared with 67 percent who remembered 10                                    receiving the booklet in 1983.                                    Moreover, only 23 11                                    percent of those surveyed said they had actually 12                                      read the thing, compared to 38 percent in 1983.
13                                                Second, many residents would not follow the 14                                      emergency plan in case of a serious problem with 15                                      Pilgrim. For instance, the most common response-to 16                                      an accident at Pilgrim, about 27 percent of the 17                                      people polled, would immediately evacuate; a direct 18                                      contradiction of the instructions contained in the 19                                      Emergency Information booklet.                                    In nice big letters 20                                      in the booklet, incidently.
21                                                Second, only 19 percent of those questioned 22                                        said that they would go to one of the designated 23                                        reception centers in case of an evacuation, and two 24                                        thirds of those few who would follow the emergency O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT ;EPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
1      plan, would go to the Hanover Mall, which is no
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3                            Perhaps the most stunning thing that we 4      found was about school age children, and of the 37 5      percent surveyed who had school age children said 6      that they would try to pick up their school age 7      children from school in the event of an emergency.
8      Again, precisely what the Emergency booklet 9      instructed them not to do.                          Just 9 percent of                                              j 10      parents said that they would follow the 11      instructions to meet their children outside the 12      danger zone.                And then, just for good measure, 79
            ,                    13      percent of the respondents felt that Pilgrim should 14      remain shut down if management and safety problems 15      persist.
16                            Allowing the Pilgrim plant to reopen in 17      light of these results has serious management and 18      safety problems that persist in such a plan, would 19      be like giving a drunk the keys to drive home.
20      MASSPIRG recommends that the Pilgrim plant not 21      be --
22                            The Chairman:  Did they indicate who those 9 23        percent parents were that were going to leave 24        their children?                (Laughter).
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1 73 1                    Ms. Shinshak:  Nine percent said that they 1
2            would actually follow, I --
3                    The Chairman:  I guess that doesn't actually 4            leave them.
5                    Ms. Shimshak:  Right.
6                  The Chairman:  It doesn't include, as I 7            understand it, the children going to private 8            schools; is that correct?
9                  Ms. Shimshak:  There are currently no plans 10            for those people.
11                    The Chairman:  What do they do?    Do they 12            stay behind and take that wonderful tablet?.
13                    Ms. Shimshak:  Perhaps they could wait for 14            the buses, for the buses to arrive from Boston to 15            pick them up.
16                    The Chairman:  A serious question. What is 17              the -- Do you know the number of children that 18              would be in the private and parochial schools; are l
19              there many?
20                    Ms. Shimshak:  I'm sure that there are, but        :
                                                                                  ,i 21            perhaps you,can.
22                    Mr. Malaguti:  I don't have the numbers.      ..
23                    The Chairman:  Okay. Well, we'll talk.
24            Please continue.                                          !
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74 1              Hs. Shimshak:  MASSPIRG recommends that the
              .          2      Pilgrim plant not be opened unless it is determined 3      that, one: a workable plan can be. developed; two 4      such plans have been effectively disseminated and 5      implemented, and three, that outstanding 6      management, safety and economic questions have been 7      resolved.
8              We also recommended that Boston Edison use 9      this unique opportunity to implement the 10        conservation and load management recommendations of 11        the Hogan report, rather than spend more money on 12        this plan. Thank you.
13                The Chairman:  I want to move along, but I 14        have semes questions. First of the legislators, I 15        want to ask each of them'if they -- Representive l                      16        Foreman spoke about the adequacy of the ability of 17        the local and state governments to deal with some 18        of the NRC ruling.
19              I don't know whether you have it any --
20        First of all, I congratulate you on the report that 21      was made to the legislative -- Special Legislative 22        Committee Investigating report, and I'm going to 23      make that part of the hearing record as well.
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1        NRC should expand the role of the state and local 2        communities, or maybe you could -- Well, if you 3        want to think about it and make it a part of the 4        record.
5                Mr. Foreman:  I, frankly, don't see t.se 6        problem with giving the states the power to decide 7        whether or not they have nuclear power plants.                            I 8        fully understand and accept the rational that 9        states and local governments shouldn't necessarily 10        regulate nuclear power plants in monitoring them in 11        terms of their operation as well as in terms of the 12        conditions of health effects. But I have a problem 13        with the federal government prohibiting states from i
14        deciding whether or not they want plants in their 15        state.
16                I'm also troubled by the fact that the only 17        straw that we seem to be grabbing at in trying to 18        create some state authority is the use of emergency
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22        safety risks, depending on how the the court and 23        the NRC interpret the state authority. So I would 24        urge Congress and the Administration to consider O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
                                                                                      'I s 1      some outright approval to states across the 2      country, not just because of Pilgrim, but in terms 3      of state authority and federal.
4                The Chairman:    What do we_do'on nuclear 5        waste?  Do we give the states authority to reject 6        that?
7              Mr. Foreman:  We keep the pressure on 8      Congress and the Administration to pick a site out 9      in Nevada.    (Laughter).
10              The Chairman:  Do we give those states the 11      power to reject?
12              Mr. Foreman:  I don't think we can.
13                The Chairman:    First of all, we might just 14        make it normal procedure if the state is going to                          i 15        use nuclear power, let them take the risk of in 16        terms of storing it.    (Applause).
17              Mr. Foreman:  If I can suggest something in                        l 18      response to that. We deal with issues in this 19      state over low level waste, solid waste and we run i
20      into those problems. I think that you can clearly 21      infer a distinction between the states a 22      willingness or desire to have an operating plant 23      sited in this state as opposed to national public 24      health interest of finding a disposal site which is                            ;
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2                  The Chairmen:  I think that's right.
3                  Mr. Alexander:  I would say, first of all, 4          that the legal issue of the state's problem is 5          still up in the air. You know Governor Celeste of 6          Ohio actually withdrew the Emergency Response Plan 7          for nuclear power plants there until the Commission.
8          could'take another look at it, and that's-in the 9          court as to whether or not he has that authority or 10            not.
11                    So I would first say that it is still 12            unclear whether Massachusetts can say, "Well, 13            we're not going to allow Pilgrim to operate because 14            we don't feel that the emergency response plan is 15            adequate," but I do think it would be worthwhile to 16            allow Congress to allow states the ability to 17          regulate nuclear power to the extent that if 18          Congress has a standard, that states should be 19          allowed to have standards that are at least as                    .
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i 1                            The Chairman:    Senator Golden, we very much    J 2                    acknowledge the very important contributions you      i
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6                        Let me ask you, given what you'have said about 7                  the evacuation plans, do you think it is possible 8                  for the development of any evacuation at this 9                  point?
10                            Mr. Golden:  I believe it would be very 11                    difficult, Senator, to develop an effective 12                    evacuation plan. I believe, given the limited 13                    transportation routes in this area, we've lost 14                    effectively 180 degrees because the plant is on the 15                    shoreline, and because of the limited north, south, 16                    east and west transportation access that we have to 17                    the site, I believe that if the site were to 18                    restart, it would require significant sheltering 19                    plans with shelters that were properly equipped and 20                    those that could withstand the. pressure and stress 21                    of the public's access to them. Right now, we 22                    don't have that. There are people who a*e being 23                    sheltered in two-foot crawl spaces, according to 24                    the existing plan, and in buildings that don't O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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fy 1        exist any more. So we need a lot of input  --
2                If I could just briefly respond, Senator, to 3        your question about access to the public.      I would 4        like to see Congress change the Atomic Energy Act l
5          and permit the governor of a state, as a matter of 6        right, to demand a Show cause petition. Our 7        governor has requested a Show Cause hearing.      I 8        believe each governor of each state should have 9        that right, at least, and that would open the 10        public process. The public process could also be 11        opened up, I believe, by enabling local government, 12          as well as state gcVernment, an act of law with 13          formulation and implementation of these plans, and 14          with that role, the veto power over over the plants 15          for their own communities because they do know 16          their communities well.
17                    The Chairman:  Let me ask just quickly we 16            move on. You stressed in your other statements on 19            this issue in other forums, the importance of 20            development of cheap energy. Are these forums 21            consistent with what you would like to see in 22            terms of  development of cheaper energy?
23                  Mr. Foreman:    Yes, Mr. Chairman. One form 24          of cheap energy production is energy conservation.
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f 1                    As Rachael Shimshak from MASSPIRG has indicated, 2                      this company, through its own committee, the Hogan 3                    Committee, it was' chaired and directed by U. S. --
4                      former U. S. Senator Saunders, indicated this            l 5                      company by the year 2000 saved a thousand megawatts 6                      of pover. The company in response would request a 7                      proposal, a proposal submitted in excess of 2,000 8                    megawatts.
9                              All of that power would provide, I believe, 10                      a cheap alternative to Pilgrim. Given the fact 31                      especially, Hr. Chairman, that since April of 1986,
              .,-                                12                      when.this plant was shut down, there has been 13                      expenditures totaling over 300 million dollars for 14                      replacement power and construction cost on this 15                      plant. That's 300 million dollars, and we're not 16                      any better off today with all that expenditure than 17                      we were 20 monthr ago when the plant was shut down.
18 19                              The Chairman:  Just quickly, Mr. Alexander.
20                              Mr. Alexander:  Thank you, Senator.          -
21                      Certainly the cheapest form of power is                1 22                        conservation when we don't have to produce more 23                      power. An example is the Appliance Efficiency Law 24                        that was passed here in Massachusetts, which that l
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4                                        save us the amount of power equivalent to about 5                                        half of the output at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power 6                                          plant, one simple law. And the federal law is 7                                          going to save Pilgrim about 23 nuclear power 8                                        plants.
4                                                Also, it needs to be said that if .eu do 10                                                    need new sources of power, it makes much more sense 11                                                    to have small generating facilities that are 12                                                      relatively  local in place, so that if one, for 13                                                      instance, had an outage, we don't all of a sudden 14                                                      find the kind of crisis that New England Power 15                                                      approval suggests we're going to have, when a 16                                                      couple of nuclear power plants are down for total 17                                                    plant maintena.nce.
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5        this country is that we don't have a national                                                                    j 6        energy policy that anyone can identify, and from 7        what I can tell, the state doesn't either.                                            I don't 8        know of any states that do have a policy, and 9        that's a real problem. It doesn't have to be based 10        on nuclear. Clearly, we can have energy policy 11        without it, but both the state and the country, we 12        need some sound energy policy that will go way 13        beyond conservation and talks about generation of 14        new power sources for growing areas, such as a 15        fossil plant in Weymouth.      (Applause).
16                  The Chairman:  Thank you very much.                                          I want 17          to first of all thank you, the people of Plymouth, 18          through you, for all of their willingness and                                                                  l 19          hospitality this evening for helping us so much 20          about these various events.
21                  I had just one point. You made your -- As I 22        understand your testimony, that the Plymouth Board 23        of Selectmen had made their objections known to the 24        NRC concerning restarting of the plan without an O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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                . 3.              Mr. Malaguti:  We have constant 4        communication with the NRC. We had indications 5        that they are receptive to our comments.
6              The Chairman:  Did they say they wouldn't 7        restart until they worked out the new evacuation 8        plan?
9              Mr. Malaguti:  No, sir. They have not.
10              The Chairman:  Do you think they should?
11              Mr. Malaguti:  Absolutely.
12              The Chairman:  Okay. We'll include all of my  13        your studies in the -- as part of our record -- I 14        think. There is -- The first is the '83 report      j 15        entitled " Blueprint for Chaos," and there is a 16        report described -- dated 1987 report, "No Exit,"
17        and the '87 report, " Nuclear Dilemma". All those 18        will be included.
19              In your -- Let me ask you questions because 20        there, in your report, you talked about advance 21        public information and education. And there are 22        some that would say -- some people would say that 23        people would claim not to know the evacuation 24        procedures.; they are against the plan any way, so l
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5      How do you respond to that. criticism?    That is a 6        criticism that has been made. and, in fact, will be 7        made a little later.
8                Hs. Shimshak:  Having participated in a 9      survey, people gave us very honest answers.      I 10        believe that they told you the truth when they said 11        they didn't really know what to do in the event of 12        an emergency and they said they hadn't actually g                13        received the Emergency Information Booklet in the
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15                One thing that did stand out with people's 16        answer to these questions is an air of cynicism.
17        Having been through 15 years worth of history of 18        this plant, and seeing how many problems it has and 19        experiencing the NRC's lack of attention to those 20        plans -- those problems, I think people have a very 21        cynical view. And even if they were given proper 22        instructions, my guess is they wouldn't follow 1
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4                      The Chairman:  Are you, from your own 5            perspective, optimistic or pessimistic as to G            whether that plan will restart?
7                  Hs. Shimshak:    Well, I would be tempted to 8            say that I'm pessimistic just because of the NRC's 9            record in the past, and given the fact that they 10            never really shut a plant down for being as bad as 11            Pilgrim is. But I must admit, I'm feeling optimism 12            for two reasons, and one is that you've taken an 13            interest in , as well as many other elected 14            officials, and, hopefully, that will stimulate some 15            good action on this, and also since the        plant has 16            been shut down for 21 months, which I don't believe 17            any of.us would have expected in 1986 when it 18            originally closed down.
19                      The Chairman:  Thank you very much for --
20              you're a very helpful panel, helpful reports.
21              Wish we had more time to go into the issues.          I 22              may want to submit some of the questions to you, 23              but we appreciate the time.        We are very much r.
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                                                            .3                Senate. Your testimony obviously -- as well as 4                Mr. Malaguti, and the'very exemplary work that has 5                been done. I want to thank all of you very much.
6                                  (One-minute break).
7                      The Chairman:  I want to announce for the 8              record, we were not able to include all the State 9              Representatives and Senators in the course of our 10              hearing. We had about ten or 12 that had made 11              applications. We want to indicate to any of those 12              that want to have their statement -- including the 13              State Senator that represents the local community.
14                      We tried to get the State Representative, 15              the Board of Selectmen and the chairman of the 16              Energy Committee in the Great General Court.      But 17              we want to indicate to any of them, if they want
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19              keep the record open. But it was really a question l                                                          20              of trying to hear again from as many of the i                                                          21              different representatives who have interest and l
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1              We wanted to -- and not to try to go below a 2        three or four minutes presentation; otherwise, you        I 3        lose the real context of the hearing. So those are 4        the reasons, quite frankly. We were not intending 5        to be disrespectful to any of those, but we are          1 6      particularly delighted to have an old friend of 7        mine, and one of our very fine public servants, Lt.
8      Governor of our state, .Evelyn Murphy. I welcome-9        her to this -- our hearing as the second ranking 10        state official in a position of responsibility for 11        the state for its health and well being, as she 12        brings a special perspective to this hearing, and 13        we very much look forward to her testimony. I'll 14        ask you she'll be good enough to stand and take the 15        oath.
16                      (Lt. Governor Eveyln Murphy sworn).
17                Lt. Governor Murphy:  Thank you Senator 18        Kennedy. I want to thank you for giving all of us 19        the opportunity to come here tonight and discuss      ,
20        the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant and the serious 21        public health and safety questions surrounding it.
22        And you've seen the turnout tonight on one of the 23        coldest nights of this winter, it is the testimony 24        to the intense feelings that people have aoout the 1
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4        Governor's and my concern about the threat to the 5        public's health and safety of this plant, .and 6        insist on behalf of the people of the Commonwealth 7        of Massachusetts upon two very reasonable'' specific 8        actions.
9                First that the NRC hold an adjudicatory 10          hearing in Plymouth before this plant opens, and 11          second, that Pilgrim not be allowed to reopen until 12          the emergency evacuation concerns of both FEMA and 13          Governor Dukakis have been satisfactorily resolved.    !
i 14                  In June of 1986, the plant was closed 15          because of serious charges concerning the safety of      I 16          the management facility. I won't dwell on the 17          specifics. You are going to hear from a panel of 18          state officials here tonight: Mr. Agnes, the              ,
1 19          Assistant Secretary of Public Safety; Deputy to the 20          Commissioner of Public Health, Deborah 21          Prothrow-Smith: Attorney General; Secretary 22          Pollard, all prepared to supply in detail from the 23          State's prospective about the concerns that 24          Governor Dukakis and I share.
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89 1                Since the closing of the facility, Governor l                                                        2        Dukakis has laid out three preconditions for its 3        reopening. Public health and safety are the 4        precedent of these criteria. First, the inadequate 5        safety problems at the plant must be corrected; l                                                        6        second, the management problems must be resolved, 7        and third, the evacuation plan must be adequate.
8        These three criteria have been offered as 9        reasonable demands for the operation of the nuclear 10        power plant in a heavily populated area. They have 11        not yet been met by Boston Edison.          -
12                This Administration has the responsibility 13        to protect our citizens. And our insistence that 14        the plants be operated with protection to people's 15        health and safety as the foremost guarantee is 16        absolutely non-negotiable.
17                My own reservations about this plant and 18        nuclear power date back to 1975 when I rejected the 19        draft Environmental Impact Report for Pilgrim 2. At 20        that time the comments were on the questions of 21        disposal of, waste and about plant safety. Those 22        issues are the same, remain unanswered today, so my 23        reservations have become more resolutions to 24        resolve to prevent our safety and economic health l
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90 1      from being held hostage to any one power source, 2      and the~ resolution to work toward the development 3      of safety.
4              As you deliberate here tonight on the future 5      of the Pilgrim plant, please disregard the issues.
6      involved in supply and' demand on the New England      )
7      power grid. Let me be very clear. We have 8      sufficient energy generating capacity for all but 9      the most unusual situations today. As a matter of 10      fact, Tuesday night, demand hit a record-breaking 11      peak of 18,471 megawatts, that was not through 12      contingency purchases and other standard operating      l 13      procedures, once we hit those contingency plans.
14      So meeting even high electricity demands is 15      possible without Pilgrim, without Seabrook and 16      without a crisis.
17              Today's problems of tight energy in New 18      England are more due to the lack of judicious 19      management and maintenance practices as well as the 20      needs of aggressive action on short term,                f 21        augmentation of supplies, as we just discussed by 22        the panel; some of the small scale of power that 23        could be brought online quickly, and some of the 24        cncrgy conss & ba 1o68 m                pkhlS D O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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l      2                In recent months, the State has been very 3        active to do this, and we're pulling together a 4        task force and group under the Governor's request 5        to meet to leave that with the Secretaries involved 6        with the powers and some of the state offices that 7        are involved. So we are doing that. And I would 8        only say to you that I would hold that question 9        about the New England power supply aside. It has 10        no relevaney whatsoever tonight.
11                Having expressed these concerns to you, I 12        must say that I realize how difficult it is for as 13        you, Governor Dukakis and me and other responsible
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18                It seems to me that NRC has been 19        surprisingly nonresponsive to date. Let me be more
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    .          2          maintenance. The NRC rather callously dismissed I-      3          the first two and deferred consideration on the 4          third point. MASSPIRG appealed denials, and-5          Attorney General Shannon, who is about to testify 6          after me, is now an intervenor in those appeals.
7          And yet there has been no response. I find this 8          difficult to accept.
9                  In October of 1987, Governor Dukakis and 10            Attorney General Shannon filed a Show cause 11            petition asking for the adjudicatory hearings 12            whether this plant should be allowed to reopen.
13            There has been no response. Nor has the NRC              ,
14            responded to a substantive -- in a substantive 15            marner to the two reports on Pilgrim prepared by 16            Secretary of Public Safety Charles Barry, and 17            submitted by Governor Dukakis at first on December 18            1,  1986; the second December of 1987. And it is 19            now my understanding, Senator, you and Congressman 20            Studds also submitted a request that has been          ~
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ss I                unacceptable. Citizens of the State have a right 2                to see this case-argued in a formal setting.      I 3                would encourage you to do everything in your power 4                  to see that this hearing takes place. You have my 5                committment and the Governor's committment to fully 6                  support your efforts.
7                        What the Governor and the people of 8                  Massachusetts are put before the NRC, we believe to 9                  be specific and reasonable requests, but when 10                  confronted by bureaucratic stonewalling, that 11                  reasonableness is likely to turn out to be more 12                  increasing-outrage.
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14                  regarding FEMA and the NRC. As you know, currently 15                  FEMA's role is strictly advisory. It has been 16                  mentioned several times. The situation here is a 17                  prime example of how the NRC could overrule the 18                  recommendations of both the Governor and to the 19                  NRC, 'as it's own advisory body. This is absurd.      ,
20                        The Governor and I would wholeheartedly 21                  support any congressional action that you would 22                  take in passing a requirement that the NRC be bound 23                  by the recommendations of the government and of 24                  FEMA. For Massachusetts, that would mean that
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4                We thank you once again for doing this 5        tonight and for your invovement and we're quite 6        really quite grateful.
7                The Chairman:  Thank you very much. We're 8        grateful for your presence here, for your taking 9        the time.
10                Let me ask you. Given the governor's 11        position on the Seabrook and on the Pilgrim, what 12        is the implication, due to the fact that the 13        nuclear power provide some 33 percent of the power t
14        resources for New England, if Seabrook isn't opened 15        and Pilgrim is not re-opened, what are the energy 16        implications going to be in terms of Massachusetts, 17        and responding first of all, and then respond to 18        the point that the legislators made in terms of 19        increasing pressures in term of the growth in the 20        future. How are we going to deal with it?
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1        .now, that we had this summer.
2                  The real issues before us are how to move 3          now to augment our supply.      There are lots of 4          proposed plants for small scale co-generation 5          hydroelectric, envirementally sound, small scalt 6          plants now in the licensing proceedings within the 7          state government.      We are looking to expedite 8          those.      There-is the equivalent of one Pilgrim 9          plant right now within that licensing procedure.
10          So we can see ways in the short term to augment 11          supplies.      I think we can also see ways in the 12          short term to dampen some of the demands, a        13          conservation and load management procedures, and
    .Y 14          also to take some action which even includes the 15          planning, which we have been doing the last couple 16          of days, to ask the utility companies to get more 17          aggressive when they are interrupting rate 18          contracts.
19                  So in the short term, Senator, we believe 20          very strongly that there is sufficient power for 21          not only meeting today's demands, but in the 22          short-term summer growth.      Over the longer trek, 23          there is no doubt that in the mid '90s, the Federal 24          Reserve Board Study is a wise and sound one, and O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.                l l                                                                                  l
 
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[                                                    2                            to be brought online.                                                                    That explains some of the 3                          Governor's initiatives around natural gas,.and the 4                            initiatives right now to look at increased 5                            resources from HydroQuebec, and our looking at even 6                            the way we station.
7                                                                So we see a way right now of moving from the 8                            over-reliance of nuclear power to other options, 9                            diversifying what we have for all of New England 10                            power, which makes us feel safer and insures the 11                            kind of reliabilities, so that we can continue to 12                            have a sustained economic growth and the jobs that 13                            we now enjoy, but it means getting on with this.
14                            And I think the faster we can put to rest the 15                            controversies of nuclear power and all the other 16                            options, the healthier and safer and more reliable 17                            our energy sources are going to be.
18                                                                  The Chairman:                                      I thank you very much.                        I i
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21                            Governor will support an opening of the --  ,
22                            capsulized the essence of the argument.                                                                                        You have 23                            -- the rest of your presentation certainly l
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11                      Lt. Governor Murphy:  Thank you.                                                                    )
1 2                      The Chairman:  -- joining. We're grateful 3              for your participation in this matter.                                                    Thank you.
4                      Our next witness is our Attorney General 5              Bill Shannon. He is a long-time, personal friend 6              of mine, who has been very much involved in the 7              Pilgrim. question even before he assumed the present 8              pos'ition. He is an uniquely qualified person.
9              Some of the legal ramifications re..                                          nships 10                between the state and federal government in nuclear 11                power field, this is an issue I know, General, that 12                we heard earlier in the course of our heari.ng, but 13                a good deal of a comments from a number of
                            '14                witnesses without -- how would this relationship be 15                adjusted in order to be changed, in order that the 16                principal health concerns and safety concerns and 17                the management concern be addressed by the public 18                and by the state officials. So we're enormously 19                interested in your own views on those subjects, as 20                well as what the current state of the situation is, 21                and what actions you are proposing to take should 22                there be a decision to move ahead.        We look forward                                          ,
23                to your testimony, and we'll ask you to be kind 24                enough to stand.
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: 3.              Attorney General Shannon:    Thank you, 4        Senator Kennedy. I want to thank you for holding 5        this hearing this evening, and also for the 6        leadership that you have brought to this very 7        important issue to the people of the Commonwealth 8        and in the United States Senate.
9                The issue before you, the health 10        implications of restarting the Pilgrim Nuclear 11        Power Plant is one of tremendous importance to 12        everybody in the Commonwealth, but particularly to 13        those people who are neighbors to this plant. I 14        commend you, too, for coming here tonight so that 15        the people who have been shut out of the process 16        can finally be heard, 17                The facts of this case have been very well 18        documented. The NRC currently ranks Pilgrim as one 1
19        of the worse managed plants in the country. This    .l
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20        past summer, the General Accounting Office reported 21        that most of Pilgrim's management deficiencies
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22        remained uncorrected. In 1982, the NRC fined 23        Boston Edison $550,000 for submitting false 1
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2~                    By 1985, the utility had paid additional 3              civil penalties totaling 590,000.                                                                          In fact, between l
j-                                                                                                                  4              1983 and 1985, the NRC cited Pilgrim for 52' 5              violation, ranging from operations to surveillance 6              and radiological control.                                                                          Finally, in April 1986, 7              Boston Edison shut Pilgrim down.
8                    These facts compel an open process, one in 9            which Boston Edison will be required to prove its 10                public plan that its problems are solved.- Instead, 11                it appears the NRC intends to decide the fate of 12                this plant on the basis of a closed inspection and 6                                                              13                evaluation.
14                        The people of the Commonwealth deserve 15                better than that.                                            No one should consider reopening 16                the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant until there has 17                been a full ad, judicatory hearing, which clearly 18                demonstrate s that these problems have been solved.
19                        Senator Kennedy, both you and Congressman 20                Studds have been forceful in calling for these 21                hearings. The NRC's response that a public meeting 22                he held is completely inadequate, if we are to 23                insure public health and safety.
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1        General, I was a petitioner along with several 2        others here tonight, calling for a full
            '. 3        adjudicatory hearing on the reopening of this 4        plant.      As Attorney General, I filed a second 5        petition for the same full legal proceeding, along 6        with Governor Dukakis.. The NRC essentially 7        rejected the first, and has yet :o act on the' 8        second.      The private petition;rs have appealed the 9        NRC, and my office is taking a lead role in that 10        litigation.
11                  I continue to be deeply concerned, not only 12        about the threat this plant poses to public health 13        and safety, but the unwillingness of both the 14        utility and the NRC to address both these issues in
: 15.      an open hearing.      The NRC has a formal hearing 16        process and they should use it if they expect to 17        restore public confidence in this power plant.
18                  These two petitions are straightforward.
19        They call for the NRC to hold a hearing in which 20        Boston Edison must prove it can operate this plant 21        safely and effectively; a hearing in which we can 22        cross examine the company and NRC's expert, and                                ,
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sus 1              written decision which is subject to review in 2                courts.                      The public deserves a full hearing on the 3                safety of this troubled nuclear plants.                      Boston 4                Edison must be held to a burden of proof in an 5              . adjudicatory hearing to show that it can operate 6                the plant safely, something which it has yet to 7              prove.
8                            Over the past year as Attorney General, I've 9              been deeply involved in the very serious questions 10                surrounding the regulation of the nuclear power 11                industry, both here at Pilgrim and through the 12                licensing process of the Seabrook plant in New p                                  13                Hampshire.                        Last year, I created a nuclear safety 14                unit in the Attorney General's Office because it i
15                was clear to me that these issues demanded special 16                resource and technical expertise if we were to meet 17                the industry on level ground.                        I always expected 18                the nuclear industry to be a formidable adversary, 19                but what I did not expect to find was the Nuclear 20                Regulatory Commission intent on insulating itself 21                from public participation and public process.
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6      surrounding this troubled plant. Should the NRC 7      reject the Commonwealth's pending petition for 8      appearance, then I'm prepared to take that issue to
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9      court. The NRC should require a full adjudicatory 10      hearing on these issues. It has, after all, cited i
11      the plant repeatedly for its mechanical and safety 12      and management problems.
13              The issues that have brought you here 14      tonight, the health implications of restarting this 15      plant are both reaA and deadly serious. We simply 16      cannot allow this federal agency to continue its 17      closed door deliberations in a matter of this 18      magnitude    As Attorney General I will use the full    j l                                                                                            1 19      resources of my office to hold this utility and          i 20      this Commission accountable to.the people of the 21      Commonwealth who deserve real answers obtained in a f
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2                I would also like to say, Senator Kennedy,
                                                . 3        that I'm deeply disappointed that the manage            nt of 4        Boston Edison has refused to participate in 5        tonight's hearing. They are in this room; they are I
6        sitting in the audience. If we aie to trust them,                )
l' 7        they should be at least willing to come forward and 8        state their case to you and to the people of this t
9        area.  (Applause).
10                I think their management has been 11        characterized by an ostrich-like quality for the                    l 12        last several years. They tell us things have 13        changed. I think their failure to participate Q.
14        tonight raises serious questions as to whether we 15        should trust them, and I hope that they will join 16        us in requesting of the NRC a full process where 17        they can make their cars in a way that might 18        restore confidence in management and leave the 19        people of Massachusetts feeling that their health 20        and safety will be adequately protected if Pilgrim 21        is ever to go back on the line.
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3        the NRC plan.to give the approval for the startup 4        of Pilgrim I.                                          What powers reside in you and the                                    f i
5        state to affect that decision?                                                Maybe you could 6        discuss that for us if you will.
7                      Attorney General Shannon:                                                      I'll be happy to.
8        As has been pointed out by previous witnesses, 9        there are really two petitions which have been 10        filed, one which has been essentially rejected by 11        the NRC.                                  There is an appeal pending; now, we're 12        involved -- Commonwealth is involved as Intervenor 13        in that appeal.                                          The other one is --
14                      The Chairman:                                    What is that?
15                      Attorney General Shannon:                                                  That is the 16        petition which was put together by MASSPIRG 17        included a number of members of the state 18        legislature:                                          myself, Lt. Governor Murphy, filed 19        during the summer of 1986.
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20                      In the fall of 1987, I filed on behalf of 21        Governor Dukakis and myself another petition, based 22        on some of the old concerns that we had and some 23        new ones which had been raised about this 24        particular reactor and which had come to light O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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4                If the NRC denies us a hearing after that 5        process, then we'll take that matter to the federa"                                                                                                          .
6        court, it is our right.                                                                                                            But I also want to say, 7        while there has been some suggestion that the 8        federal regulation completely preempts state 9        officials from acting to protect the health and 10        safety of the public; well, they don't accept that 11        for a moment.                              I think that Governor Dukakis, 12        myself, other responsible state officials have
        >          13        implicit authority to act to protect the people of 14        Massachusetts and we're willing to act to protect 15        the people of Massachusetts, and we're willing to 16        assert those arguments in court as well around the 17        Pilgrim Plant as we are around the Seabrook Nuclear 18        Plants 19                The Chairman:                                                                                You wouldn't draft the law                                .
20        the way it is now as the way it was drafted before?
21                Mr. Shannon:                                                                        That's right, Senator.                                    I 22        think I would be a little clearer about where the 23        federal government authority ends and the states 24        begin. What is clear though, and I was in the l
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h                                                                                                    l Avo 1      -Congress when that legislation'was being debated, 2        as were you, and what is clear is that it 3      , post-Three Mile Island, Congress intended for the                  !
4      : states to play a very important role along with the 5        federal government to actively protect their own 6      . citizens.
7                As a matter of fact, the premise of all 8        congressional action was that all health and safety 9        -- people could not be protected unless the states 10        were included in that process. So I don't yield 11        for a moment to the notion that we, the state 1
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            ,        13        from the dangers of a poorly managed or poorly 14        constructed power plant.
15                The Chairman:  I think that you should know 16        that some of the NRC people are very adamant; they 17        say that they.'11 be darned that they let these 18        nuclear power plants be held hostage to the whims 19        of the state. How do you react to that?
20                Mr. Shannon:  I've heard that suggestion 21        from some people in the NRC. The notion that that 22        we are acting arbitrarily and capriciously, 23        particularly in this case, is just outrageous.
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4      were pointed out in the way in which the Pilgrim 5      Nuclear Power Plant has been run, by the Nuclear 6      Regulatory Commission. They have fined Boston 7      Edison in the past, and yet these deficiencies have 8      not been corrected. Serious questions have been 9      raised about this reactor over the period of the 10        last year, so the notion that we are acting at all 11        arbitrarily or that this plant is beirag held 12        hostage, I think, is an affront, and I don't think 13        that the people of the Commonwealth are going to 14        buy that and I don't think people around the 15        country will either.
16                The Chairman:  You are familiar with the 17          MASSPIRG's report on the economic implications of 18          a permanent shutdown of Pilgrim?
19                Mr. Shannon:  I am.
20                The Chairman:  Then you know that they 21          conclude that the utility customers would actually 22          save money if that happens; is that right?
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1                                                      the Attorney General Office looked at that 2                                                      question?                                                                                            )
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4                                                at the MASSPIRG report.        We do find it of real 5                                                value as part of our evaluation.                          We are looking at 6                                                the question of economics at Pilgrim right now.
7                                                While I etn't give you a definitive answer, I can 8                                                say this.        That we have concluded, and on the basis 9                                                of the study we have done todate, we have concluded 10                                                      that at best, Pilgrim is now marginally economic.
11                                                      So I think that -- I like to think of the safety 12                                                    concerns apart from the economics because I don't 13                                                      think that there is any price we can put on the 14                                                    health and safety of the people who live in the 15                                                    areas around nuclear power plants.                            (Applause).
16                                                    But apart from the safety concerns that I've got, I 17                                                    think we got to look at those economic questions 18                                                    and I think that when we look at them, we are going 19                                                    to find a lot of what MASSPIRG has said proves to 20                                                    be absolutely correct.
21                                                                  The Chairman:  Is it safe for me to assume 22                                                    that if a decision is to move ahead, that you are 23                                                    going to exercise all the rights as Attorney 24                                                    General in every possible way to do everything that O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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3                          Attorney General Shannon:    Senator, as you 4                  know and the people of the Commonwealth know, we 5                    have been very actively involved over the last year 6                    in asserting, at every point we can, the rights of 7                    the people of the Commonwealth in. protecting them 8                    against the Seabrook Power Plant. I want to say 9                    here  tonight that I feel equally about the Pilgrim 10                        Nuclear Power Plant. The Pilgrim Nuclear Power 11                        Plant has the added disadvantage of a proven record 12                        of mismanagement on the part of the utility company
  .            13                        which manages them, and I intend to fight just as 14                        hard to protect people around Pilgrim as we have 15                        around Seabrook.  (Applause).
16                              Senator, I would like to ask that the 17                        petition filed by Governor Dukakis and myself be 18                        included in the record.
19                              The Chairman:  Thank you, Attorney General.
20                        Glad to see an old friend.
21                              We'1,1 nove right along. I'm pleased to 22                        welcome the distinguished members of our third      .
23                        panel, representing the various branches in state 24                        government involved in the Pilgrim restart process.
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l 1                I remember the days when the State Secretary 2        of Energy, Sharon Pollard, was a freshman 3        legislator; bright and enthusiastic,~ deeply 4        committed to public service, now she has moved onto 5      ' higher office, and I'm delighted that she has'the 6        same enthusiasm and is an aggressive champion of 7        the public interest in the issues we've been 8        discussing this evening. I'm delighted to have her 9        with us.
10                Ms. Pollard:  Thank you, Senator.
11                The Chairman:  Our new Public Health 12        Commissioner, Debra Prothrow-Stith, her first 13        public appearance this evening, was recently 14        appointed to the position. Commissioner 15        Prothrow-Stith will be discussing the important 16        role of the Department of Public Health will play 17        in determining what public health impacts are 18        associated with Pilgrim Power Plant. We are 19        fortunate to have had breakfast with the Reverend                        .
20        Stith this morning, so we've been with the family 21        all day.
22                Last, but not least, Assistant Secretary of                        i 23        Public Safety, Peter Agnes. Peter has perhaps the 24        most difficult job of all because he is trying to O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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                            '2      looking forward to hearing from him.            We'll start 3      'with Peter Agnes, left'to right.
4              Mr. Agnes:          Thank.you, Mr.' Chairman. I'm 5      here on behalf of Secretary Charles Barry, who.by 6      Executive Order is the Disaster Coordinator for the 7      Commonwealth, and also by the Governor's 8      designation, is the liaison officer for 9      Massachusetts to the Nuclear Regulatory. Commission, 10        and in:that capacity, the Secretary is the 11        principal point of contact between state officials 12        and the NRC.
13                At the outset, I would like to address a 14        point that was made by one of the earlier speakers, 15        Ann Waitkus-Arnold, concerning the use of potassium 16        iodine, not from a public health standpoint, which 17        the Commission can do, but from a planning 18        standpoint.      And I want to correct a matter that 19        was r'eferred to in her testimony.                            .
20                There is no plan today; there.has'never been 21        to my knowledge a plan in the past and there will 22        never be under the Dukakis Administration, a plan 23        that would leave behind any member of the 24        community, be they a special needs person or O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURi REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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112 1-      'otherwise, in the event.of an evacuation by 2        substituting some drug, such as potassium iodine, 3        for a safe and secure care of that person. So no 4        one should be misled into thinking that there is 5        any thought given to leaving anyone-behind during 6          an evacuation who would require attention,' care or 7          evacuation.
8                Over the past two years, we have taken three 9          major actions to respond to the health and safety 10          concerns of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant.
11          First, we have prepared and filed with the Governer 12          two comprehensive written reports, which other 13          speakers here have referred to, the most recent 14        which  was released just several weeks ago. And we 15        would like to make those reports, which also were 16          transmitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 17        and to FEMA, a part of the record of these 18        proceedings.
19                These reports deal with at great lengths 20        with the history of emergency planning activities, 21        both at the, state and federal level, and with the 22        many specific problems associated with the Pilgrim 23        Plant. It is our opinion, to paraphrase the 24        Federal Regulatory Standard, that the existing I
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8                            The Chairman:            I'm to give you a couple 9                  more minutes.
10                                Mr. Agnes:                Thank you, Senator. I have said 11                      this on many occasions and I want to reiterate it 12                      tonight, our position has been clear and consistent 13                      in the past two years on this point.                    And one of 14                      the unfortunate things that we -- excuse me -- that 15                    we are facing is the lack on the part of the NRC to 16                    make clear precisely what corrections or changes it 17                    will insist upon in the emergency plans before the 18                    plant is restarted.
19                                The second activity we have undertaken is to 20                    establish a new division in the state within the 21                    Civil Defense Agency devoted excusively to nuclear 22                    emergency preparedness.                      Despite all of the 23                    activities that follow Three Mile Island, at the 24                    congressional level and at the state level, it is
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114 1            only in the last two years with an' initiative taken 2            by Governor Dukakis, that a new division devoted 3            excusively to this-purpose has been established and 4            devoted to the emergency planning problems.
5                    Third, for the first time again, a planning 6            process has been put in place at the state level, 7            which requires work on the part of the utility, 8            local government and state government in an effort 9            to develop adequate emergency plans.
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14                        on the progress side of the ledger, the 15                Boston Edison Company for the first time is a full 16                partner with state and local official in emergency 17                planning. This is evidenced by financial support 18                the company has provided to local communities and 19                the fact that it has assigned over 20 people to 20                work in the field with state and lect.1 government 21                to aid in the development of draft planning.
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10                The Chairman:  You got 30 seconds, Peter.
11                Mr. Agnes:  On the problem side of the 12        ledger, we do have some severe problems that g                    13        remain. We do not, as I indicated earlier, have a W                                                                                    !
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2                                                  determined that a third reception center for the 3                                                  Pilgrim must be sited and we will make a decision 4                                                in that regard as to a new site very shortly.
5                                                        In conclusion, I would like to say that on 6                                                  balance, our diagnosis is that while the patient 7                                                  has improved; it remains quite ill and the 1
8                                                  prognosis is very uncertain. It remains to be 9                                                  seen, in our judgment, whether or not adequate 10                                                        emergency plans for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant 11                                                        can be developed, and as many of the speakers here 12                                                        before have indicated, the only way to insure that 13                                                        the issues that we have identified are aired 14                                                        totally and fairly is to hold an adjudicatory 15                                                        hearing before restart. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
16                                                                The Chairman:  Thank you. Sharon Pollard.
17                                                                Ms. Pollard:  Thank you, Senator. It is 18                                                        nice to be here, and I as well would like to thank 19                                                        to you for holding this hearing on a subject so 20                                                        important to not only the people in and around 21                                                        Plymouth area, but certainly to all the people of 22                                                        Massachusetts.
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3                      Massachusetts of-energy is tight, it is not so                                j 4-                      tight that the public health'and safety need be 5                      placed at risk with the operation of'any.given 6                      power plants,fincluding the Pilgrim Nuclear Power 7                      Plant.
18                              New analyses prepared by the New England 9                      Governors' Conference and the New England Energy 10-                      Policy have indicated that New England's power 11                        needs can be met with existing and plannel 12                        resources and potential new resources combined with 13                        effective management. These analyses have.provided 14                        evidence that Pilgrim will not make or break the 15                        electricity supply of New England.
16                                In Massachusetts, state and utility 17                        officials are working to assure that power will be 18                        available when needed and at a reasonable cost,                                j 19                        both over the short term and the long term.
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20                                Recent accomplishments of state and utility 21                        officials will. improve the power supply of the 22                        region. For example, the enactment of the state 23                        appliance efficiency standards last year; a more                                j j
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                            ".                                3                                                                                        cogeneration of small power bidding and' development 4                                                                                        process, and the approval by the: Energy Facility
                                                          'S                                                                                            Siting Council, of which'I chaired a couple of 6                                                                                      weeks ago, of-a'300 megawatts. gas unit in 7                                                                                        Bellingham Massachusetts. 'These will make 8                                                                                        substantial contributions to'the' Massachusetts 9                                                                                      electricity need.
                                                -10                                                                                                                                                  In addition, current projects will enhance 11                                                                                                future power planning and supply.                                          For example, 12                                                                                                state officials'have requested utilities to 13                                                                                          -increase their capabilities to manage load 14                                                                                                requirements at the time of peak demand. 'The state 15                                                                                                is also investing ways to fully develop 16                                                                                                conservation, load management and cogeneration at 17                                                                                                state facilities.                                          Furthermore, the Executive 18                                                                                                Office of Energy Resource and others are working 19                                                                                              with the Department of Public Utilities to 20                                                                                                establish least-cost planning process, which will 21                                                                                                significantly enhance the development of cost                                                                      ,
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2                                                                                        it cannot necessarily be relied upon to provide the 3                                                                                      power that we need.                        Pilgrim's lifetime operating 4                                                                                      peformance is worse than roughly 80 percent of all 5                                                                                      the other nuclear power plants in the country.                              In 6                                                                                        the past, Pilgrim has been available to produce 7                                                                                        electricity less than half of the time that it was 8                                                                                      needed.
9                                                                                                                      In addition, there is not a strong need to 10                                                                                                operate Pilgrim for economic reasons.                          While there 11                                                                                                are many uncertainties as to the economics of 12                                                                                              future power supplies, a recent analysis indicates f                                                            13                                                                                                that Pilgrim many not necessarily provide any 2
14                                                                                                economic savings to ratepayers if it operates.
15                                                                                                                              .Therefore, I would like to make it clear 16                                                                                                that while peak electricity resources are currently 17                                                                                                tight, there is no compelling need to operate 18                                                                                              Pilgrim for power supply or economic purposes if it 19                                                                                              poses an unacceptable risks to the health and i
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23                                                                                                determination as to the ultimate role which he                                                                                  l 24                                                                                              believes Pilgrim should play, if any.                            The O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.                                                                                                                                      i i
 
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5              The Chairman:                  Thank you very much.
6              Dr. Prothrow-Stith:                  Good evening, Senator.
7        Let me start by adding my thanks to you for this 8      opportunity.                    I represent Secretary Johnson of 9      Health and Human Services and the Department of 10-      Public Health as its commissioner.
11-              We take seriously our responsibilities for 12        the health of the citizens of Massachusetts, and 13        with regard to the Pilgrim plant have two 14        responsibilities.                    One has to do with monitoring 15        radiation exposure, and the other one has to do 16        with investigation of disease outbreak.
17                Relative to monitoring, we are the primary 18        state agency responsible for radiation control.                    We 19        have conducted radiation monitoring activities in 20        the vicinity of the plant since the mid 1970's.
21        These activ,ities include:                  one, a network of 22        monitoring stations; two, periodic surveys to 23        determine the extent and seriousness of radiation 24        dosage received by humans and animals; and, three, O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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                  -                      2                  Our monitoring of radiation includes the 3          dosimeters located at 46 sites to measure 4          radiation. They are tested quarcerly and would 5          indicate any unusual exposure to. radiation among 6          the population within five miles of the reactor.
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8          Water, milk, food, fish and sediment samples are 9          also tested regularly. We conduct weekly 10            inspections of the Pilgrim plant, checking internal 11            monitoring and safety protocol. In the event of an 12            accident, we would be responsible for a dose 13            assessment and for recommendations around 14            appropriate protective actions.
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17            vicinity of Pilgrim that could serve as an early                                i 18            notification system and insure prompt emergency 19            response in the event of any releases of 20            radioactivity that might present a threat ~to the                                .
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24                    The Department wants a real time monitoring                              ;
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        '1'      system which would involve the transmission.to a                                                                                a 2        state facility of ongoing radiation levels at 5
3        selected locations both within the boundries and 4        offsite of the nuclear power plants.                                    This system, 5        similar to one in place in Illinois, would. allow 6        ~the Department to know instantaneously when 7        radiation was released into the environment.                                                        In 8        addition, an on-line data communication link to the 9        state's facilities computer would be included in 10          this system. This wou3d allow us to know the 11          status of the reactor,                          i.e. the temperature, the 12          pressure, the water level, et cetera, on a real 13          time basis, as well as further provide early-14          notification of events that could lead to nuclear 15          accidents. We believe that this improved 16          monitoring is an important part of a safety a 17          evacuation plan.
18                  On our second responsibility for the 19          investigation of diseased outbreak.
20                  The Chairman:                          Let me ask you.                In that 21          monitoring program, is that going to be -- funding 22          for that is going to cost something, I imagine?                                                                                  j l
23                  Dr. Prothrow-Stith:                          It will cost something.                                                      l 24                  The Chairman:                  Is that going to be a O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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3                      Dr. Prothrow-Stith:    This is something that 4          at this point, we are proposing; it,has been 5        proposed in the past and it is in the very early 6        stages of a more recent proposal.
7                    The Chairman:    Does Illinois -- do they pay 8        for it out of the state or do they get some federal 9        funding, do you know?
10                      Dr. Prothrow-Stith:    I'll not sure.
11                      The Chairman:  Okay. Well, let me just say 12          I have an -- if they have -- if you might let us 13          know on that.        If it is done on the states, 14          obviously we'll welcome that.          'If you feel you have 15          to come to the federal government, I'll be glad to 16          submit --
17                      Dr. Prothrow-Stith:    An offer that we would 18          appreciate.        (Laughter).
19                      The Chairman:  We'll stop right now, and 20            I'll ask you to stand, if you would.          (Laughter).
21          Listen carefully.
22                                (Witnesses sworn).
1 23                      The Chairman:    Three years of law school.
24        Well, that is a serious matter.            As you mentioned, O'BRIL:I AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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5                  Dr. Prothrow-Stith:    We would like to do 6          that.
l 7                    Relevant to investigation disease outbreak                I 8            that might be caused by contamination in the 9            environment, we are currently conducting a study in 10                    the' Plymouth area into the causes of elevated rates 11                    of leukemia, a type of cancer that is shown to be 12                    caused by ionizing radiation.
13                              We concluded an assessment of the 1982 to 14                      '85 health-related data for the area around the 15                    plant in order to determine the health of South 16                      Shore residents and how that might be affected by 17                      the Pilgrim reactor. That assessment showed no                  )
I 18                      unusual statistical trends in the patterns of death 19                      from cancer or in the frequency of infant 20                      mortality. Some anaomalies in infant mortality and 21                      low birth rates had been reported.              The number are 22                      so small that it's impossible to draw any 23                      statistically valid conclusion.
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4        the types of leukemia that can be caused by 5        -exposure to radiation.
6                The incidents of leukemia among females was 7        also elevated, but not to the same significant 8        degree. The group should question, of course,                                                                                      .f 9        whether Pilgrim is responsible for the high 10        incidents of leukemia. At present it is impossible 11        to answer that question, but the Department of 12        Public Health is currently conducting two separate 13        investigations that may bring us closer to the 14        answer.
15                First, we are conducting a case-control 16        epidemiological study to help us identify the 17        possible causes of the excess leukemia.                          In the 18        course of this study, we will interview all 19        leukemia cases diagnosed since 1982, or their 20        families, in the communities of Plymouth, Kingston 21        Duxbury, Marshfield and Seituate.                    We'll take data 22        on the places of residence, occupation and medical 23        histories. This information will be compared with 24        similar data from people without leukemia from the O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.                                                                                              '
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136 1                      same communities in order to look for any 2                      differences. This study will help determine any 3                      association between leukemia and possible other 4                      sources of exposure, such as Benzene, chemotherapy, 5                      et cetera.
6                              We must be very frank about the limitations 7                        of this study. Epidemiology has its limits, 8                      especially in cases where we are' dealing with small 9                      populations, relatively small number of cases, 10                      small doses and small levels of exposure, but if we 11                      don't look, we won't learn anything at all.
12                                Second, we're looking into the possibilities 13                        that a coastal wind pattern may have contributed to 14                        the dispersion of radiation emission from Pilgrim 15                        in a way that bypassed existing radiation 16                        monitoring. This work, being conducted through a 17                        contract at the Harvard School of Public Health, 18                      will determine the feasibility of estimating the 19                        level of radiation reaching the general population.
20                      This study is up and running and should be 21                      completed within the next couple of months in its 22                      initial phase.
23                                It is our objective that the combined 24                      results of these investigations will permit an O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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i i                                                                                                1-      informed estimate of the contributions of Pilgrim                                                                                                                  i 2'      emissions to the elevated incidents of leukemia in-
                                                                            '.                  3        the vicinity of Pilgrim.. We would like to work 4        with Dr. Winegarten, if, in fact, NIH is very 5        interested in doing some work here.                                                                                    We would be 6        excited about that opportunity.
                                                                                                '7                In summary, we are interested in increasing 8        our monitoring capabilities so that you'have state 9-      of the art capability, and also we are very 10        interested in continuing these studies, but as 11        well,' participating with NIH if that opportunity is 12        available. Thank you very much.
f3                                                              13                  The Chairman:                                                                        Thank you very much,. Doctor.
U                                                                            We can appreciate your testimony and your 14 15        comments.
16                Let's move to Ms. Pollard.                                                                                  I know that 17        we''re relying to some degree on HydroQuebee; is 1
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19                Hs. Pollard:                                                        We are receiving -- 3 percent 20        of the electricity we use in New England is 21        imported from Canada, so right now it is a very 22        small percentage.                                              It increases to about 10 percent 23        by the year 1991.                                            About 10 percent of all the 24        electricity that we use is not considered O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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1        excessive. However, any additional import of 2        electricity beyond that wou?..d have to be looked at 3        that for that reason. We know from past experience 4        that --
4 5                The Chairman:  Someone mentioned to me about 6        -- earlier today, about the possibility of 7        importing energy from the midwest.
8                Ms. Pollard:  Yes.
9                The Chairman:  I'm unfamiliar with both with 10        the possibilities, the realities and the 11        difficulties.
12                Ms. Pollard:  Very briefly, the govarnors of g
13        New England have spoken with some of the governors 14        in the midwest that have some coal resources within 15        their states. It would work this way. That New 16        England ratepayers would bill power plants in the 17        midwest, that New England ratepayers would put on 18        those power plants the best available control i
19        technology to help with our acid rain situation.
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21        be reasonable in terms of the cost to the 22        ratepayers. So there is some thought that you get 23        double win from this. That your access is 24        reasonable energy prices and that you are also r
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129 1            helping with the acid rain situation.                              There is 2            only one problem.        You would have to put a 3            transmission line through the states of 4            Pennsylvania and through the State of New York, and 5            there is some concern that those two states might 6            not be thrilled about the' idea.
7                          The Chairman:  Let's keep moving on.                            I'd 8                like to know more about it.          We'll inquire you.
                          '9                DOE rated New England -- You are probably aware of 10                  the Department of Energy comparing the record of 11                  power plants nationwide, and the Department of 12                  Energy rated New England 23 out of 26 reach in its 13                  ability to keep its plants open from 1983 to 1985.
14                  I wonder if you are familiar with though findings, 15                  and if so --
16                          Ms. Pollard:    We are.
17                          The Chairman:    What you concluded.
18                        Hs. Pollard:    The Federal Department of 19            Energ'y has conducted that history.                            We are 20            obviously not pleased with the evidence and the 21            information that was presented in that report.
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2          believe that part of the problem this past summer I
3          was just precisely that. When you.have one-third 7
4          of your available electricity down and unable to'be 5          used,.that's what-causes you some concern and it-
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                  -8          will continue to. encourage the utilities to 9          maintain their plants.well and to schedule their 10          maintenance at timeslof the year when we'are not 11          experiencing the greatest' demand for electric.
12                    The Chairman:  What is the single most c                13            important criteria for judging whether or-not the
                .14            Pilgrim plant should be operational?
15                  Hs. Pollard:  The health and safety of the 16          people who live within the radius of this power 17          plant and that is the most important criteria that 18          the Governor will consider.
19                  The Chairman:  Doctor, let me ask you what 20          -- how you respond to some of the criticism you 21          heard earlier levied against the Department 22          concerning its interaction with local residents of 23          the local area as well as statewide?    We know you 24          just recently become the commissioner of these O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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3-        have heard of them and are concerned about ther, 4        and I'm just wondering'what kind of reassurance ycu 5        might be able to give your people in the area what 6        you might --
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7                Dr. Prothrow-Stith:          I think it's important 8        to say that we are committed to the' health, and the 9        protection of the health, of the citizens of the 10        . Commonwealth,.and as a new commissioner in the 11        Department of Public Health, that committment is 12        something that I feel very comfortable reaffirming.
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14        the history of-the problem that we have had has 15        been a situation where some promises were made that 16        were not able to be met and perhaps mistakes were 17        made. I don't know the details of those histories,                                  )
18        but I would say very clearly to the citizens here                                    i 19        tonight that the committment is strong at the 20        Department of Public Health and we intend not only 21        to complete these studies, but to work with the 22        community, as we have continued to do in the last 23        few months, in order to make sure that the health 24        and safety concerns are addressed.
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132 1                      The Chairman': 'Well, I'think I have known 2              you as I have, I feel certainly -- think that.the 3              people in this area would have a good sense of 4              appreciation for those and that committment 5-              because I know it will be carried forward.
6                    I mentioned -- I think you talked about our
            -7          request for a study by the NIH.                      You might be 8          helpful to us working with the NIH_in terms of the                                      j 9          development of that study.                I would ask you to do 10          that at some time.
11                      Dr.-Prothrow-Stith:            What I would like to 12          do, perhaps, _is to forward to you some of the 13          information that -- in a cover letter, that I could 14          send Dr. Winegarten offering what we currently know 15          in our participation.
i 16                      The Chairman:            A final point.        Boston 17              Edison has been identified as having a higher rate 18              of worker exposure.            Does the Department of Public 19              Heal'th have the options of conducting a study of 20              worker exposure or is this something that is refer 21              to OSHA
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9                  The Chairman:  I want to thank the panel 10          here. They had a chance to see your testimony and 11          you covered many additional areas which we were 12          interested in. I think this panel has helped us 13          to understand better the problems of emergency 14          planning' energy supplies and the public health and 15          concerns. We value very much all of your 16          testimony. It has been very, very helpful.                                                    I 17          know where to go for additional-information, so we 18          are grateful to all of you.
19                Dr. Prothrow-Stith:  Senator, may I say one 20        other thing. I just learned that the utilities pay 21        for the monitoring system in Illinois.
22                The chairman:  I wonder where that little bit 23        of information came from.    (Laughter).
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6          stay here as long as it takes to run through the 7          panel.      We want to give them our attention.                                                We 8          have important questions, but we want to take our 9          time with that panel.            They deserve attention.
10                      You have.been a very attentive audience.
11          This has been a very informative hearing.                                                      We have 12          collected _a great deal of information and we're 13          grateful to all of those who participated and 14          helped us, but since we have been in here for this 15          period of time, we have a 10-minutes recess.                                                      I 16          know some people have to leave.                                                      We're grateful to 17          them for their presence, but I would hope as many 18          as possible would stay.                      I think this would be an 19          informative session.
20                                      (Ten-minute recess).
21                      The Chairman:      I ask that everybody rejoin 22            us and take their seat so we can give their full 23            attention to the final panel.                                                    Again, you've very 24            attentive.      We'll ask that people be kind enough
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                              .2                    First of all, we want to thank Nadine 3            O'Neill, and I'm going to ask all of you if you 4            will join'in giving our wonderful interpreter a 5            hand this evening.    (Applause). She's doing a 6            magnificent job.
7                    I shall ask our panelist if they will be 8            kind enough to raise their hand and do say if --
                              .9                              (Witnesses sworn).
10                    The Chairman:    Housekeeping details, a 11              statement from some of our colleagues, Senator 12              Kerry, Senator Studds, Senator Simon will include 13              their statements in the record. I'll indicate 14              those have not been -- whose testimony we have not 15              been able to receive, given the time that's been 16              available to us, we'll be glad do receive that 17              testimony. I know that it won't be considered a 18              sworn testimony, but nonetheless, it will be 19              valuable to us if it is informational, and we will 20              instruct the staff to make that part of the 21              tectimony which is relevant to this hearing a part 22              of the record and we'll leave the record open to 23              the time that the congress comes back in, later in 24              this month. So if there are those have opinions O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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5              Our final panel this evening from the people 6'        who make the decisions, Nuclear Regulatory 7        Commission and the Federal Emergency Management l
8        Agency. We' heard a great many serious concerns, 9        voices, this evening about the way in which the NRC 10          and FEMA are regulating the Pilgrim plant, planning 11          for emergency preparedness. Here this evening to 12          respond to these questions are Dr. Thomas Murley,
  ,  13          Director of the NRC's Office of Nuclear. Reactor 14          Regulation. Along with Dr. Murley is Mr. William 15          Russell, NRC's regional administrator. Also on the 16          panel will be the representatives from FEMA, Mr.
17          Richard Krimm,. the assistant associate director of 18          FEMA and Mr. Jack Doland from FEMA Region Number 1.
19          And I'm anxious to hear from you, gentlemen, in 20          response.
21                  Firs,t of all, I guess we'll hear from Mr.
22          Krimm 23                Mr. Krimm:    Thank you very much.
24                The Chairman:    They have been sworn in.
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1                Mr. Krimm: .My name is Richard Krimm. I'm      j
                                                                                          .1 2        the associate director of the Federal Emergency          j 3        Management Agency responsible for the development 4        and managerent of FEMA's program related to a
: 5.        technological and natural hazards. Thcse progrars      1 6        include radiological emergency planning around          j 7        nuclear power plants, as well as planning for S        hazardous materials incidents, earthquakes, dam 9        safety and hurricane. Accompanying me is Mr. Jack 10            Doland, FEMA Region I, Boston, Mr. George Watson, 11              from our Office of General Counsel.
12                    The primary concern of FEMA's REP program is
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14            power plants. FEMA works to achieve this goal 15            through an evaluation of plans and preparedness 16            under the FEMA regulation. The evaluation process 17            includes participation by regional assistance 18            committee, chaired by FEMA, which includes nine 19            other federal agencies.
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l                  21            against pub,11shed criteria, and agency 22            representatives give advice on their particular 23            area of expertise. The published criteria were 24            developed-jointly by FEMA and NRC with full public l
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5                  Ultimately, the plans are reviewed and 6        approved at FEMA headquarters. Following approval, 7        FEMA notifies the NRC and the Governor and 8        publishes a notice in the Federal Registry.      This 9        is done only if a determination is made following 10        appropriate plan exercises that tl'ere is reasonable 11        assurance that the public health and safety can be 12        protected in the event of a radiological emergency 13        at the plants.
14                  Let me just briefly discuss Pilgrim. In a 15        series of meetings with the Commonwealth and the 16        local communities in the spring of 1986, FEMA 17        identified problem with the Commonwealth's 18        Ertrgency response plan. Based on issues raised at 19        these' meetings and information received                I 20        subsequently, FEMA decided to conduct a review of 21        the Emergen,ey Response Plan and preparedness for 22        the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, and so inforn.ed 23        the Commonwealth in a letter to the Massachusetts 24        Civil Defense Agency on September 5, 1986.
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Las l'                On December 22, 1986, the Secretary of 2          Public Safety, Charles Barry, forwarded to FEMA a 3          copy of the report to the Governor on emergency 4          preparedness for an incident er for an accident at 5          the Pilgrim Power Station. This report stated that 6          the Massachusetts plan and its preparedness are 7            inadequate to protect the health'and safety of the 8          public in the event of and accident at the Pilgrim 9            Nuclear Power Station. In the course of its 10            self-initiated review, FEMA treated this report as 11            the authoritative and current position of 12            Commonwealth.                              .
13                  On August 6, 1987, FEMA transmitted Le the 14            Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the NRC its 15            report entitled, "Self-Initiated Review and Interim 16          Finding for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station."
17          The report was provided to the Commonwealth and NRC 15          pursuant to the regulation and identified six areas 19          of major concern.
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't 140 1      Lplanning for.the evacuation of the special needs 2-      . population;oinadequate planning for evacuation of' 3        the transport dependent population,.and overall 4        lack of progress in' planning in emergency 5        l preparedness.
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6                Based on the Self-Initiated Review and 7        Interim Finding, FEMA concluded-that Massachusetts 8        offsite-radiological-emergency planning and 9        preparedness was inadequate to protect the public 10          health and safety in the event of an accident-at 11          Pilgrim. The current status of this when we 12          translated the Self-Initiated Review to e        13          Massachusetts, we suggested that they work with us g
14'        to develop a plan and schedule to correct the 15          inadequacies in their plan. The Commonwealth has 16          not yet developed such a work plan as. scheduled.
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18          interim finding and the publication of FEMA's 19          Self-Initiated Review and Interim Finding on 20          Pilgrim, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has 21          taken action to address some entstanding issues.
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              '                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        k 2                                                              We are' prepared to respond to your                                                                                                                                      ,
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4                                                              The Chairman:                                                      We'll hear from both the 5'            representatives of FEMA.
6                                                              Mr..Doland:                                                    I don't'have a statement 7            Senator.
8                                                                      The Chairman:                                              I want to say first.of all, 9            how much we appreciate your attendance here, Mr.
10            Krimm.                                                            I understand that'there have been 11            occasions when FEMA has not been so willing to
                '12            attend meetings.                                                                                                I also want to say that I regret 13            FEMA's decision concerning the participation of 14-            Mr. Ed Thomas.                                                                                                It is unfortunate that the agency
                '15              doesn't feel that this hearing was of sufficient 16            importance to warrant Mr. Thomas' presence.
17                                                              I've had the opportunity to-review the 18            emergency preparedness plan which was in place when 19            FEMA published its interim finding, that the plan 20            offered reasonable assurance that the public could 21            be protecte,d in the event of radiological 22            emergency.                                                                                  I'd like for a moment to present some 23            exerpts from the FEMA's Self-Initiated Review of 24            that plan.
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* 2          include.a-list of the' resources the town' plan used              0 3        in' assisting mobility impaired people during 4        evacuation. . FEMA could no longer state with 5        ' confidence that the beach population can be-6        protected: FEMA can no longer state 1with confidence 7        that a reasonable assurance exists that the health 8        and, safety to transport the. dependent population 9        'can be protected in the. event of an accident."
10.-        'These are just a few of the serious deficiencies 11            quoted in FEMA's own assessment.
12                          I would like to know, Mr. Krimm, how a plan 13            so obviously dificent could possibly have received 14            interim approval by FEMA?
15                          Mr. Krimm:  In early 1980, when we did give 16            approval at an earlier time, I think that, nur.ber 17            one, we were n.ew in the game,.as was the 18            Commonwealth of Massachusetts.          We were really just 19-          starting out.          I think as we have gotten more staff 20            on hand, we have gotten much more expertise; then 21            looking at plans and reviewing them and making our 22            findings to the NRC.
23                          The Chairman:  Well, it would seem you 24              wouldn't need a lot of experience in developing an                )
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                        ,,                        2                                      used.in. assisting mobility impaired people
                                    -            3'                                      limited,.and that' you can no. longer state with 4                                      confidence the beach population to be protected, I 5                                      mean, you don't need -- I would think, if you drew
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: 6.                                      that kind of conclusion, it's -- and you can no 7                                      longer state with confidence that reasonable 8                                      assurance exists that the' health and safety of the 9                                      dependent population could be protected; that's 10                                        pretty basic and fundamental questions, I would 11                                        think. I mean, you don't have been to be terribly 12                                        new in the game to understand if you can't find 13                                        ways of evacuating people who are sick or infirm, p
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21                                                Mr. Krimm:  I believe that when Mr. Thomas 22                                      and his staff reviewed the plans at that time, that-23                                    they did assume that some of those things were in 24                                    order and.they had been working with the O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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            '',          2                                                                    I don't know, Mr. Doland, if you would like 3_                    to make-any further comments at this time.
4                                                                    Mr. Doland:  I think at the the time when I 5                    was there, we became much more sophisticated'than
                  '6                          what we did.                                          And when we started with this work in 7                      1982,.it was in its infancy, and the other thing 8                      that is an important factor is the fact that the 9                    population changed dramatically in this area, and 10                            that had a profound effect on both the 11                            identification of mobility impaired people, and, 12                          additionally, the protection of the beach 13                          population.
14                                                                            The Chairman:  You indicated that FEMA --
15                            Does the fact that it missed the important 16                            problems first time around indicate that FEMA 17                            needs additional staffing to evaluate emergency 16                            preparedness plan?
19                                                                          Mr. Krimm:  Senator Kennedy, fortunately, in 20                          the past few years that we have received additional 4
21                          staff from the Congress, and the Congress in fiscal 22                          year '88 appropriation budget, gave us ten 23                          additional positions.                                          Some of these additional 24                          positions will be put into the Boston regional O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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3                      for Massachusetts, for example?
4                              Mr. Krimm:      Yes, sir. We are-increasing the 5                    staff.
6                                  The Chairman:    You are increasing. Has 7                    there been as of today?
8                                  Mr. Krimm:    As of today, there are just six 9                    people allocated to us.
10                                  The Chairman:    How many were there two years 11                    ago?
12                                    Mr. Krimm:    I'm not sure how many.
13                                  Mr. Doland:    Eight.    (Laughter).
14                                  The Chairman:    So there were eight people 15                      two years ago.          That's some arithmetic. Well --
16                                  Mr. Krimm:    It was the case, Senator 17                    Kennedy, people sometime leave the agency.
18                                  The Chairman:    Well. I know that. But I 19                    mean, that's a tough way to try to explain to 20                    somebody about evacuation plans that you missed --
21                    I'm very sympathetic.          I happen to be very 22                    sympathetic to agencies.            I wish they would come          ,
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take'that kind of, I think, abuse.                        If you haven't                      I 4
5      _ got the people, then you can't do the job, then you                                            ,
i 6        are doing them an enormous disservice to the 1
7        responsibility that you have. I think it's -- I 8        think it's unfair to you, and I think it's unfair 9        in term of trying to deal with an issue that is so 10        vital in terms of people's lives                    I don't want to 11        belabor the point, but it's, you know, it's 12        something which -- you know, we can't catch some of 13        the things because we didn't have inadequate 14        personnel, and yet we are talking about some 15        matters affecting very, very considerable public 16        health safety issues and people -- the Ameri:an 17        people are certainly entitled to those 18        understandings.
l 19                Let me quote from the FEMA's Self-Initiated                                          .
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5          is it that people have to ask?                                                                                                            Why is it that you 6          miss something that would probably be as basically 7          fundamental'as that?                                                                                                            You did miss that?  Is the 8          rest of the plan flawed?
9                    Mr. Krimm:                                                                                                      As a rule, Senator Kennedy, we do 10          try to be very thorough,-but one of the purposes of 11          having public meetings is to allow the local 12          citizens to bring to our attention things that my 13          have been overlooked, and that is a very important 14          part, trying to get public input into the --
15                      The Chairman: . Well, if you believe that's 16            the case, why doesn't the NRC believe that's the 17            case, if they can hear from local citizens.                                                                                                            Well, 18            I'll have a chance to ask them.
19                    Focusing on the issue of the Memorandum of 20          Understanding between FEMA and the NRC, it is my 21          understanding from the NRC that FEMA serves as the 22          offsite expert in emergency preparedness plan, is 23          that so?
24                    Mr. Krimm:                                                                                                        Yes O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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148 1                The Chairman:  Yet the NRC also says that
    .f'      2        FEMA's advice is nonbinding; that the NRC can 3        accept or reject FEMA's findings; is that so?
4                Mr. Krimm:  Yes.
5              The Chairman:    Does it not appear 6        contradictory to you that the NRC claims FEMA to 7        have the expertise in emergency preparedness, but 8      reserve for itself the right to overrule your 9      determination?
10                Mr. Krimm:  Well,'the NRC has the authority 11        in the licensing in making the determination --
12                The Chairman:  I understand 13                Mr. Krimm:  -- Excuse me. We do act as a 14        consultant to them. We provide the information to 15        the NRC, and, of course, it is their determination 16        what they do with our information.
17                The Chairman:  Well, does it seem -- I know 18        what the law says, but, I mean, the logic, the 19        common sense; you are the expert, you make 20        recommendations they can ignore. What sense of 21        confidence do you think people ought to have in 22        terms of that process and procedure?    I mean, 23        it's --
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149 1          cases.,- Senator Kennedy, that the NRC does take our f
i        . advice and does consider our findings. By making L                                          '. 3          an example, in 1983, we made a negative finding at 4          the Indian Point Power Plant-in New York State, and 5          the NRC did take action to issue, what is known as 6          a 120 day log, whereby they advise the utility that 7          they would close the plant.
8                The Qhairman:    Did they close it?
9                Mr. Krimm:  No. Because the issues.were 10          cleared up. Governor Coumo developed an emergency 11-        plan for which was a non-participating county at 12          that time 13                  The Chairman:    Well, wasn't a result of it 14          that the NRC actually overruled FEMA and allowed 15          the Indian Point to restart?
16                  Mr. Krimm:  No, sir. They emergency plans 17          were developed and the negative findings -- the 18          negative deficiencies were cleared up.
19                  The Chairman:    And FEMA approved the final 20          plans?
21                  Mr. Krimm:  We approved the final plans.
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      -1      worked with Westchester County on the bus issue, 2      and with some of the other counties with some of
    . 3      their problems 4              The Chairman:  At the present time, the 5      federal regulations require that an area 6      encompassing a 10-mile radius of a nuclear _ power                        ,
1 7      plant have an evacuation plan. Did you know Cape 8      Cod lies just outside the 10-mile radius. It is my                    ,
9      understanding that in the event of a full scale 10        evacuation Sagamore Bridge would be closed to off 11        Cape traffic, and all residents seeking to leave 12        the Cape, would be rerouted over Bourne Bridge.
13                Now, I don't know if you ever had the 14        pleasure (Laughter) of trying to drive through the 15        Cape at the end of a sunny, lovely summer weekend, 16        but I can assure you, as a resident, that the
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17        experience is not pleasant one. It is not uncommon 18        to experience hours of traffic delays and both 19        bridges are open for use, and I cannot imagine the 20        nightmare that would ensue if Cape Cod residents 21        were asked to use only one of the bridges for 22        emergency evacuation.
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6'                Mr. Krimm:    I'm.very sorry that I'm not 7          familiar with that particular area.      I would like E.          to ask Mr. Doland to respond to that.
9                  Mr. Doland:      Senator, in 1984, at the 10          request of the NRC and as a result of a petition, 11          we did an extensive study of the traffic management 12          in the area of -- from the plant to the other side 13          of the bridge on the Cape Cod canal.      And the state 14~          participated in depth in that study.
15                  Our experts told us that the Cape could be 16          evacuated using the procedures set forth by the 17          Massachusetts. State Police and the Massachusetts 18          Department of Public Works.      And currently, the 19  I      Commonwealth of Massachusetts has told us that they 20          are again taking a look at the situation with 21          regard to that and they are contemplating the 22          expansion of the emergency planning zones of the        ,
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i 2                                                                                    The Chairman:                                    Have you been down there l
3                      recently?                                                                                                                                      >
4                                                                                  Mr. Doland:                                      Oh, yes, sir. All my life.
5                                                                                  The Chairman:                                      Well, you can take some 6                              judicial notice, as they say, of what those                                                                                              j 7                              weekends; are like and what just ordinary traffic 8                              is like.
9                                                                                  Mr. Doland:                                      Well, Senator, I believe it can 10                    be evacuated as long as it can be managed properly.
11                                (Laughter).
12                                                                          The Chairman:                                              We'll go on. I mean, I don't 13                    know what's not managed properly on just the R.
14                    ordinary -- the ordinary -- just, not only the 15                    weekends, but the ordinary traffic, and this is one 16                    of the growth areas of the country, not only of our 17                    state, but of the country.                                                                                              And even if you left 18                  out that whole railroad bridge, you would have 19                  people scampering across there.                                                                                                (Laughter)  You 20                    are not going to be able to deal much with it.                                                                                                It 21                  really defips the common understanding.                                                                                                I think we 22                  might want to move on this, but it's --
23                                                              As I understand it, Mr. Krimm, you are fror 24                  the Washington headquarters?
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1                              Mr. Krimm:  Yes,-sir.
2                              The Chairman:  Do you have any great
                            '-    3                      knowledge of these evacuation plans?
: 4.                            Mr. Krimm:  Not specifically the area t. hat 5                      you mention. I am familiar with certain evacuation 6                      plans throughout the country.
7                              The Chairman:  The area that I was just l
8                      talking about Cape Cod; what about this area here?
9                              Mr. Krimm:  No, sir.      I'm not.
10                              The Chairman:  Well, it would seem to me 11                        that someone of your responsibility would have sN N
                              '10.,                      some information of the key element in terms of a 13                        evacuation plan. You've got major 14                        ' Responsibilities, as I understand, in making some 15                        judgments on this. And it kind of appa11s me that 16                        -- I mesn, I don't except you to have the full 17                        information, perhaps the detail information that 18                        the people in the locale have, but I would x
19                        certainly hope that, given the kinds of problems 20                        that have affected this particular plant and the 21                        significance of the evscuation that's been a very 22                        much a part of the concern of everyone in this 23                        state, and I would think people around the 24                        country, that you have given it the kind of
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154 1          attention that apparently you have given to' sone 2          of the others.
3' In view'of the fact that FEMA is unable to 4        supercede the NRC's decision'on emergency-
: 5.      preparedness, would FEMA support a congressional to-6        give FEMA the authority to override the NRC's 7        concern issues of emergency preparedness?
8                Mr. Krimm:  I listened very~ carefully when 9        the Lt. Governor brought that up.        If I may-submit-10          something for the record, I would like to think I '.        about it a little before. I would like to try to 12          waive the cons and pros for it.        I would submit 13          something for.the record.
14-                The Chairman:  When you do, we'll make that 15          available to the citizens up here.        But what I'm 16          really interested is with FEMA's support having the 17          final decision over whether a plant stays open, if 15          the plant -- if the public cannot be reasonably 1
19          assured of protection; that would be the question 20          I'm interested in your response.
21                  One final question, you mentioned in your 22          testimony the report by Secretary Barry on the 23          emergency preparedness plan; the fact that the 24          State has not yet submitted to you all of its I
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159 l                                                                  1-                                                                      revision.- I wonder if you can.tell us how long~it 2'                                                                      would take' FEMA to evaluate the plan after it's 3                                                                        been submitted and how long it would take FEMA to 4-                                                                      ultimately advise the NRC of the'acceptabilityJof a 5-                                                                      plan?
6                                                                                Mr. Krimm:  Once the plan is submitced, cf 7                                                                          course, it will be reviewed by the Regional 8                                                                        Assistance. Committee, and depending on the time and 9                                                                          the problems, they should be able do it in about 30 10                                                                                  days.
11                                                                                        Mr. Doland:  Three months.
12                                                                                        Mr. Krimm;  Ninety days.
13                                                                                        The Chairman:    Well, is there any -- what 14                                                                                  assurance can you give us that Pilgrin won't start 15                                                                                    before that time?
16                                                                                          Mr. Krimm:  That is not my decision.                  I 17                                                                                  can't give you any assurances.
18                                                                                          The Chairman:    Whose decision -- Does that 19                                                                                  bring you --
20                                                                                          Mr. Krimm:  That's the Regulatory 21                                                                                    Commission',s decision.
22                                                                                          The Chairman:    Can you give us any assurance 23                                                                                    about that?
24                                                                                          Mr. Murley:  I'll speak to that in my O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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I                The Chairman:    We'll hear'from Dr'. Murley, 3        who is the director of the Office of Nuclear 4-        Regulatory. commission.
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!          6        summarize my remarks, which'I provided to the 7        committee in more detail.
8                First, I should say that we're not prepared 9        at this time to recommended restart of the Pilgrim 10          plant nor do we have a schedule for the restart for 11          the plant. It is well known --
12                The Chairman:    Let me -- just before you
  - . 13        move on. You say," we are not ready to restart nor 14        do we have a plan."      Can you indicate to us what 15        would be the factors that you would look for to 16        determine whether you will have a plan or whether 17        you will restart?    What are the events?    What are 18        the things that have to happen.
19                Mr. Murley:    What I --
20                The Chairman:    If you r.epeat the=, I would 21        like to permit you the full opportunity, but I 22        would also, as you move through the testimony, 23        we're reaching toward the end of it, so I'm going 24        to take a little more flexibility.      I don't want to O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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4                                                              Mr. Murley:                          I'll mention the major factors 5'                                                    that we're going to look for are the' deficiencies 6                                                      and the plant equipment that we found through our 7                                                      inspection; the deficiencies in the management of 8                                                      the plant and the deficiencies in the emergency 9                                                      preparedness.
10                                                                The Chairman:                          But again can you indicate 11                                                        how long it will take to do plant management and 12                                                        evacuation?              Do'you have any general ballpark 13                                                        figures?    Mr. Doland indicated they thought around 14                                                        90 days. In each one of though -- Let's take each 15                                                        one of those day in the pir.nt, first of all, h4 16                                                        long would that take.
17                                                                Mr. Murley:                          After the Boston Edison Company 18                                                        submits to us their indication that they believe 19                                                        they are ready to restart, we think it will take l
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3                  Mr. Murley:  They have indicated, I think, 4          informally to us, it would probably be in late j                    5          January or. February, more like in February.
l 6                  The Chairman:  On the question of the plant, 7            you expect late January, February, to receive from 8            Boston Edison the final plant designs in term of 9            safety, and then that will take you approximately 10            30 days for you to send your people up there and 11            conduct -- and then they start their review or 12            does it take 30 days to get your people to get 13            together?
14                  Mr. Murley:  No, we would have our teams 15            ready. It would take probably two to three weeks 16            at the plant. We would then have to collect our 17            information and come to pull it together, make our 18            conclusions and that, in terms, would take another 19            month, so altogether, perhaps two months.
20                    The Chairman:  So we are generally thinking 21            sometime in early March that you got -- everything 22            goes on, you'll at least be able to make some 23            judgment, I suppose. I suppose you may have to go 24            back and get additional information. The fastest                        i i
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3                Hr. Hurley:  With management, we're making 4        continuous assessments. What we will do, of 5        course, is watch their peformance while they are 6        getting the plant ready and also during the tires                          j 7        when they will be conducting what we call " hot 8        functional tests."
9                The Chairman:  What is a " hot function 10          test"?  When do they start?
11                Mr. Hurley:  Well, they'll being doing some 12        testing, not nuclear testing, and we'll be watching 13        and observing how the plant is being operated.
14                The Chairman:  What sort of testing do they 15        do now?
16                Mr. Hurley:  For example, I was in the plant 17        all morning, and they have a steam supply that they 18        brought. I'd say it's a fossil-fired boiler just 19        to generate steam to run steam turbines that 20        generate steam for the safety pumps.      So they will 21        test them a,nd they will test the systems to see if 22        there is leak. That sort of thing is done. We 23        watch them carefully because it is a nuclear plant 24        and there is radiation in the plant and even though l
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2                The Chairman:  Have you reached any 3'      preliminary conclusions that you want to share with 4        us?
5                Mr. Murley:  No firm conclusions. I think 6        we can say that they made some significant 7        management changes in the company that we believe 8        are improvements. Ralph Byrd, for example, was 9        brought in after years of experience in the nuclear 10        navy, who was an admiral. He, in turn, has brought-11        in a number of capable people. It remains to be 12        seen whether they can gel as a team that can really
  ,    13-      manage --
14                The Chairman:  How long does it take in 15        terms of evacuation to get those guy ready?
      -16                Mr. Murley:  What we will do is, we are 17        reviewing the. drafts as they are prepared by the 18        state and local authorities, and we expect that the 19        state will send those to FEMA, and we'll expect 20        we'll get them. At the time, we'll have to come to i
21        a judgment ps to the status of those plans.              );
22                Perhaps -- I think I say it in a little more 23        structured way in the testimony, if I could go            i i
24        through it, I would like to do that.
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161 1                            The Chairman:        All right. Go ahead.
2                              Mr.-Hurley:        With regard to'the~ current'
              ~3-        status.of the major NRC= activities regarding 4        Pilgrim, the plant is shut'down; the NRC.has met 1
              '5        frequently with'the Boston Edison Company, members 6        of the public and with the Commonwealth, as well as 7        local officials, to discuss the issue regarding 8        Pilgrim.,
9                            Boston Edison has developed a restart plan 10            that described their programs'and plans, but they 11          have not reach a position where they would request 12          NRC to consider a restart decision.                              In addition,
      ,  13          as part of its safety enhancement program, Boston 14          Edison has proposed a number of modifications 15          intended to improve plant peformance in the event 16          of an accident at Pilgrim.                        These modifications.are 17          in continence with the NRC's goals of enhancing and 18          obtaining perforr.;ance under severe accident 19          conditions.
20                            We will conduct several public meetings to 21          insure opportunity for public participation and 22          input to the assessment panel regarding Boston 23          Edison's restart plan.                        These meetings will be 24          formal, transcribed session in which the public's O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
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2                                        After the NRC staff has completed,the 3                                restarts readiness assessment, there will be a 4                                public meeting at NRC headquarters at which the 5                                staff will inform the NRC commissioners on our 6                                  findings and recommendations, so that the 7                                  Commission itself can make the final restart 8                                  decision.
9                                          The Chairman:    Now, who is going to be able 1
10                                            to appect at that public meeting?
Il                                                    Mr. Murley:    Any interested citizen.
12                                                    The Chairman:    This is in Washington; is 13                                            that correct 14                                                    Mr. Murley:    I'm sorry. The meetings that 15                                            we'll have will be here in the Plymouth area to get 16                                              concerned citizens' input on the plan itself and 17                                            our approach to the plan.      The Commission meeting, 18                                            if that's what      --
19                                                      The Chairman:    Who will be at the meeting?
20                                                      Mr. Murley:  It will be,the senior staff 21                                              from our headquarter and from our regional office.
22                                                        The Chairman:    None of the Commissioners 23                                              would come up to that meeting?
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sos 1          an adjudicatory hearing.                                          It would be a more 2          informal meeting.                It will last as long as people 1
3          will be interested in talking.
4                                The Chairman:  You and I know that, quite 5          f rar.kly , there is a difference if you have -- the 6'        staff have the hearing or whether you have the 7          principals.                With no disrespect, because I have an S          excellent staff and am.proud of them, as you know, 9          and I know, there is a quantum difference on those 10        kind of reactions.                  People are busy, and all the 11          rest, but it is an unique set of circumstances.
12        You got two situations, both Pilgrim and Seabrook.
13        You know the kinds of -- you may have, I don't 14          know, half a dozen maybe -- I don't know what the 15          others would be.                I know one or two that are of 16          such a significance and importance.
17                                I find,it difficult to understand what would 18          be more important than those fellows getting out in 19          one of those Gulfstream planes that the government 20        has and spend a nice day up in the Plymouth area 21          and fly back so they could be back with their 22          families at nighttime'.                    I really don't know what in 23          the world is more important than spending that 24          particular day -- I really do -- I really mean --
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2                                              Hopefully, they'll be responsive, but i t -- I 3                                                think, you know that the -- whatever decisions is 4                                              going to be made, how important it is that peeple 5                                              have an opportunity to be. heard on these issues, 6                                                and I think having sat through t:.e hearings 7                                                tonight, I find that these are well-thought out, 8                                                well-considered, very well-studied testimonies.        I 9                                                mean, we're not talking about things, quite 10                                                      frankly, that all of us, what we represent, ought 11                                                      to be able to hear whatever people have on their 12                                                      minds in any event, but I think, as you would -- I 13                                                      think as you would be able to understand these very 14                                                      impressive pieces of testimony that people spent a 15                                                      lot of time on. Well, I urge you to give that 16                                                      consideration. I will, and I'm sure I will be 17                                                      joined by my colleagues, but let's go on with your 18                                                      testimony.
19                                                              Mr. Murley:  Yes, Senator. I'll move o.1 now  .
20                                                      to emergency preparedness.
21                                                              The Chairman:  What page are you on?
22                                                              Mr. Murley:  I'm sorry. I have a version 23                                                      that -- when you asked that we limit it to three 24                                                      minutes.
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'r 11                        and administrative practice of the plant, and 12                        continues on.        Have all of these been corrected?
                          .          13                                Mr. Hurley:                          They have not yet been 14                        corrected. No, sir.
15                                The Chairman:                            On the top of 2, and then 16                        I'll let you pick u; , you report, "there are five 17                        areas that have exhibited recurrent program 18                        weaknesses: radiological controls, surveillance of 19                        safety-related equipment, fire protection, 20                        physical security and safeguards and assurances of 21                        quality.    .
22                                Now, have those been corrected yet?
23                                Mr. Hurley:                          They have not been corrected.                                        j 24                        We have seen signs of improvement, particularly in,                                                                ,
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166 1        the radiological contrcl area and fire protection 2        and assurance of quality, but we haven't -- they 3        haven't been corrected.
4                The Chairman:    Can you give us a rough 5          idea?  Ten is the standard in order to be -- you 6          ought to get your C grade. I mean that's sort of 7          minimum grade. Where are you if you were on the 8          radiological control?    How close are they to being 9          minimum standards?
10                Mr. Hurley:  I think I would say now that 11          they do meet our minimum standards. It's difficult 12          to give them a numerical grade, but I can give you 13          an idea of the action that we take when we think 14          they fall below standards in one of these areas, 15          and this was several year ago.
16                We felt if they fell below these standards, 17        there were practices at the plant that we thought 18        were unacceptable, and we took an enforcement 19        action by issuing them an order. And an order is a 20        formal action that modifies a license and we 21        directed them.to get an outside consultant to core 1
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The Chairman:
3                                Well, when you found these
                                                                  -4          deficiencies, radiological control to be -- did 5          you close down the plant?
6                Mr. Murley:  No, we didn't. We --
7                The Chairman:  Why not?
8                Mr. Murley:  There are many areas tnat go 9        into our an assessment, judgment, as to the overall 10          operation of the plant. Radiological control is 11        one of them. I said fire protection is another.
12        If there's an area we judge to be serious enough,
                                        ,                        13        we'll not hesitate to shut it down. We have nine 14        plants shut down in the United States today because' 15        we don't think they are safe enough to operate:
16        Pilgrim being one of them.
17                The radiological control, what we did, as I 18        said, is issue an enforcement order on our license.
19                The Chairman:  Well, you know, I would think 20        that after the NRC identified that this plant was 21        probably the least safe plant in the country and 22        you don't close down, people are going to ask about 23        it; don't you think?    What does it take?  You got 24        nine down. You say that this is one of the least l
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1          safe plants in the country. Boston Edison closes 2          it down, but you people don't. What kind of 3          assurances can people have in terms --
4                  Mr. Murley:  In fact, although we didn't 5          issue forral enforcement order, we did, in fact, 6          tell them to shut down the plant. This was in 7        April of 1986 S                  The Chairman:  That's right. Well, in the 9            other circumstance, you closed them or do you ask 10            the company to close them down?
11                  Mr. Murley:  We ask the company to close 12        them down. In the case of the Beachbottom plant,
          - 13        we ordered them to immediately shut down.          So in 14        that case we issued an immediately effective order.
15        In some case we do and other cases, we --
16                  The Chairman:  All right. Can you do that 17        --
Let's just continue with your testimony.
18                  Mr. Murley:  I'm now talking about    --
19                  The Chairman:  Let's go down -- I'm not, you 20        know, we've had a long evening, but I'm not in any 21        hurry right.now. If we could down the bottor of 2.
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2                Mr. Murley:  I now have =y lengthy copy.
3        Yes, sir. The facility remained shut down. The 4        NRC has met frequently with Boston Edison, members 5        of the public and with the Commonwealth as well as 6        with local officials.
7                The Chairman:  Who have you met with the E        public?  Do you know?
9                Mr. Murley:  Yes. I have met several times 10        with the Selectmen. I-have spent an evening in 11        this very auditorium with the Selectmen and with 12        several other people, probably until past midnight,
                      . 13        asking questions. My staff and Mr. Russell's staff 14        have met in Duxbury with similar groups. I would 15        guess there have been probably, all in all, half a 16        dozen or more meetings with people in this area.
17                The Chairman:  Continue.
18                Mr. Murley:  Boston Edison has developed a 19        restart plan that describes the program plans, 20        actions considered necessary by the company to 21        restart and, safely operate the company. Although 22        Boston Edison has not reached a position where it 23        could request of NRC to consider a restart 24        decision, the utility has completed a number of O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
 
I 170 1        plant improvements 2                The reactor was refueled in October and 3        several major system tests on the reactor cooling 4        system and containment structure has been 5        ccepleted. As part of its safety enhancement 6        program, Boston Edison has proposed a number of 7        modification intended to improve plant peformance 8        in-the event of an accident at Pilgrim.
9                The NRC staff reviewed these modifications 10        in August of 3987, and concluded that many of the 11        modifications were appropriate for implen.entation.
12                  The Chairman:  Does that suggest anything 13          to you?  It says Boston Edison proposed a number 14          of modifications to improve plant performance in 15          the event of an accident at Pilgrim. Does that 16          suggest anything to you?    Did we draw any 17          conclusions about their consideration as to the 18          safety?
19                Mr. Murley:  Yes. We have underway, 20        Senator, a generic study. It is a research study 21        on how we can make these containments even safer.
22        As you know, the issue was raised earler this          ;
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2              We believe -- NRC believes that they are 3      being safely operated today, but we have research 4      programs to see if we can make them safer. Boston 5      Edison knows the kinds of things that are being 6        considered. They, presumably on their own', assumed 7        that the NRC is coming out with new requirements.
8        We haven't done that, but we are scheduled to se to 9        our Commissien this summer and make such 10        recommendations.
11                The Chairman:  Well, then you wouldn't bring 12          this on-line before then, would you, if you were r                                    13          going to make specific recommendations this summer 14          regarding safety. It wouldn't make any sense, 15          would it, to try to do this prior to that time?
16                Mr. Hurley:  There is really two answers, 17        Senator. One.is that many of the types of things 18        that we're looking at generically, are the very 19        things that Boston Edison has done on their own to 20        improve the plant; and second, if the Commission 21        decides to ,do even more, we would make at that 22        time, no matter when that is, we would make Botton 23        Edison back --
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2                Mr. Murley:    In our review of that preposed-3        modification, we asked them a number of questions, 4        particularly when you would use it and when you 5        wouldn't    They still owe us a reply on that.
6                The Chairman: .You are familiar with the 7        technology?
8                Mr. Murley:    Yes.
9                The Chairman:    I mean, do you think that 10        that is a large additonal safety or is not?
11                Mr. Murley:    It does if it is used 12        correctly, and it is very important --
13                The Chairman:    Let's assume that they use it 14        correctly. I mean, if they are not going to use it 15        correctly, then nothing make any sense at all.
16        (Laughter).
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4        by the NRC from day one on these reactors to 5        contain radioactivity in fission products.
6                One does not lightly go and change the 7        design that will deliver the ultimate unless you 8        really know what you -- and under the right 9        circumstances. And that's why we're being very 10        cautious on this.
I 11                  The Chairman:  Does your report reach any 12          conclusion about whether it will be successful or 13          fail?
14                Mr. Hurley:  There is a report of some of 15        our experts that we have in our laboratory. They 16        have been looking at 'he behavior of these kinds of 17        Hark I containments under very severe accident, 18        really unlikely core meltdown accident, and they --
19        I have not read the report myself, but the 20        indications I have is they concluded that under 21        these very severe conditions, the containment could 22        fail when molten fuel touches -- reaches some of 23        the steel liner parts.
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2 Mr. Murley:  Again, the understanding that I 3        have, under these very unlikely conditions, that it 4        could fail, yes.
5              The Chairman:  As I -- two excerpts from the 6        document, one, the probability of early containmen:
7        failure for Mark I boiling water reactors is the 80 8        or 90 percent range of two primary containment 9        failure by melt-through is a highly probable 10        mechanism of early containment failure.
11                What Brookhaven has said is that Mark I 12        reactors are highly likely to rupture, release high 13        amounts of radiation into the environment.
14                Am I to understand that the NRC is 15        permitting nuclear plants to rely on Mark I system 16        to continue to operate?
17                Mr. Murley:  Yes. The -- As I said, I think 18        I need to say this because people are concerned.
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19        The NRC believes that the Mark I plants are 20        operated safely today. We have research program 21        that are looking for ways to make it safer.
22                The Chairman:  I don't want  --
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4      very severe and very unlikely accident that we are 5      talking about where they could fail early.
6              The Chairman:    That ought to be reassuring.
7      (Laughter).
8              Mr. Murley:    As I said, we'are looking for 9      ways that can improve even that chance.
10              The Chairman:    I think that the problem'that 11      you got to -- the study that is done by your own 12      commission and that gives this kind of -- draws 13      this kind of a conclusion, which I have just read,
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15      What kind of a -- what are people suppose to assume 16      on that?      You have a study that your commission 17      reached one conclusion and then you comment and 18      testify that there is nothing really to worry 19      about.
20              Mr. Hurley:    I didn't quite say that, sir.
21              The Chairman:    All right. There is 22      something to worry about?
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4              The Chairman:  Let's continue.                                                J L                                                                            5              Mr. Murley:  Questions have been raised                                        J 6        regarding'the Mark I containment at Pilgrim and the                                    1 i
7        direct torus vent modification being considered by 8        Boston Edison. The direct torus vent would provide 9        a hardened path from the containment torus 10        structure to the plant stack and would be used to 11        relieve containment pressure in certain severe 12        accident condition. During staff review of this 13        modification, a number of questions were asked of 14        Boston Edison regarding the use of the direct torus 15        vent. These questions must be resolved before this 16        system is placed into service.
17                Regarding the management area, Boston Edison 18        has made a number of changes that we believe are 19        improvements. In early 1987, Mr. Ralph Bird was                                    .
20        hired as the senior vice president of Nuclear. He 21        has extensive nuclear navy and management 22        experience. Changes have been made in the onsite 23        organization, additional personnel have been hired 24        and programs for improvement are being implemented.
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15                                    In addition, as we indicated to you, Senator 16                          Kennedy, and to Congressman Studds in Chairman 17                          Zech's letters of November 20, 1987, we will 18                          conduct several public meetings to insure 19                          opportunity for public participation and input to 20                            the assessment panel regarding the Boston Edison 21                          restart plen.      These meetings will be formal, 22                          transcribed. sessions at which the public's                                                I 33                            testimony will be heard by NRC senior staff.            After i
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178 1        assessment, there will be a public meeting at NRC 2        headquarters at which the staff will brief the NRC 3        Commissioners on our findings and recommendation sc 4        that the Ccemission itself can make the ultimate-5        decisien.
6                The Chairman:  That's part of the problem.
7        I mean with all respect to your dedication and 8        service, you hear the testimony; you make the 9        recommendation; then they, the Commissioners, can 10        either take it or not take it. There is no 11        opportunity -- perhaps you can reach one kind of 12        conclusion. As I understand the proceeding, there 13        is not much opportunity for those who differ with you, whether they are for against, to be able to      l 14                                                              i 15        make presentations. The Commissioner can either 16        take yours or not take your recommendations. And 17        that, I think, is the reason or part of the reason 1
18        why people want to have an adjudicatory hearing.
19                Now, as I understand -- Would you answer 20        this?  How many of those Section 2.206 petitions 21        for adjudic,atory hearings have been filed with the 22        NRC?
23                Mr. Hurley:  I'll have to provide you the 24        exact number for the record. A good many.
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179 1              The Chairmen:  Do you know how many have 2        been granted?
3              Mr. Murley:  I don't know that.
4              The Chairman:  As I understand it, one has 5        been, and only once did the NRC grant a special one 6        as a result of a petition. Do you know any reasen 7        why they don't grant any more of these hearings?
8              Mr. Murley:  I do think it is probably rore 9        than one, but we'll get you the correct number fer 10        the record. Frequently, the petitions that we 11        receive are asking us to reconsider a licensing 12        action that we've already taken, and in many 13        cases --
14                The Chairman:  What if it comes before you 15        make a judgment?  If we make that petition, will 16        you support that for us?
17                Mr. Murley:  I'm sorry --
18                The Chairman:  Would you -- if we make that 19        petition for adjudicator proceedings prior to the 20        time that there is the announcement; would you 21        support tha,t, given the fact that you have been i
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1        Senater, and the answer is that we' agreed that we 2      'should get the~ views of the public and we think 3        that there are several opportunities, I've 4        mentioned several of them, for.getting there.                                                                    But 5        in hearing rights that are -- the adjudicatory 6        hearing-rights are triggered really by NRC 7        licensing action, which in this case would be an 8        action against Boston Edison's license, which would 9        be an enforcement matter.                                                                    Boston Edison would'be 10        the one to have the hearing. rights.
11                    The Chairman:                                                              As I understand'it, it is 12        granted on a discretionary basis.                                                                    I think we can 13        get'the standard out, but the law, as I understand 14        it, it's done on a discretionary basis.
15                    Mr. Murley:                                                              Yes. There can be hearing 16        rights, adjudicatory hearing rights, granted on a 17        discretionary basis and the Commissioners have done 18        that very --
19                    The Chairman:                                                              But you will support our 20        petition, Mr. Murley, (Laught e.r ) while you're in 21        front of all these nice people here.
22                    Mr. Murley:                                                              I absolutely support the need i
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3        subject. As I understand, the petitions filed by 4        the utility required to be granted. We find that        l 5        the -- those in terms the of discretionary power in 6        terms of the NRC, when their petitions have come 7        from the other rarely -- I had one instance --
8      we'll stand by your record, but this -- how do you 9        think people will react to that?    What the 10        companies want, they get; and if the people want 11        it, they give it a lot of thought for 12        consideration. What is your perception?    What do 13      you believe people believe when the system is kind 14      of rigged like that?    I don't mean to say rig all 15        the time, but  when it is rigged like that?
16              Mr. Murley:  I understand your concern and 17        the public's concern. We are -- I don't believe we 18      do have to follow our administrative procedures.
19      We're professionals. We're trying to regulate in 20        an area that is --
21              The Chairman:  Order. We want to give the 22      witness full attention and full courtesy this 23        evening. We still got additional testimony and I 24      would ask him to proceed.
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2            testimony.        If restart is authorized, NRC would 3            increase its inspection coverage for the restart 4            program and by the round-the-clock coverage in j                          5            startup in site activity.                          A number of hold peints l
l 6            would be instituted and Boston Edison would not be 7            permitted to proceed without NRC authorization.
8            These decisions would be based on the on-site 9            inspection team's evaluation of the Pilgrim 10            operation.
l l'                          In addition of the areas previously 12            discussed, a number of emergency. preparedness 13            concerns have been raised at Pilgrim since the 14            Confirmatory Action Letter was issued in April 15            1986.        Much of what follows on the next page has 16            been repeated, Mr. Krimm has already testified in 17            the FEMA findings.
18                          On August 18, 1987, the NRC transmitted the 19            FEMA report to Boston Edison and requested that the 20            utility provide us an action plan and a schedule 21            for assisting the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and 22            local governments in addressing the FEMA-identified 23            emergency planning issues.                          Boston Edison submitted 24            its action plan on September 17, 1987.                                  This action i
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1        plan details Boston Edison's plans to assist-the
                                    .:        Commonwealth and local governments as well as 3        describing resources and a schedule for completion.
4              Over the past few months, Boston Edison, the 5        Commonwealth and the local governments in the 6        Pilgrim area have committed considerable resources 7        and efforts toward resolving these concerns.                  The 8        current status, as we understand, is as follows:
I 9      Drafts of local plans were completed November 1, 1
;                                  10        1987. These currently are in review in the 11        . respective towns. Drafts of local procedures are 12        in preparation. These address issues such as muses
    >                              13        and sheltering. The draft Massaschuetts Civil 14        Defense Authority Area II plan is complete and 15        under review by the Commonwealth.      The draft of the 16        Commonwealth plan for Pilgrim is nearing 17        completion. A training program has been developed 18        by Boston Edison and provided to the Massachusetts 19        Civil Defense Authority.
20                On December 17, 1987, the NRC received the 21        report on Er,ergency Preparedness for an Accide..c at 22        Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant from the Commonwealth.
23        NRC and FEMA will consider this report in their 24        ongoing review.
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184 1                Additionally, Boston Edison submitted an 2        exemption request to NRC on the requirement for 3        conducting its Biennial Full Participation 4        Exercise. The request was based on the need to 5        make improvements in emergency plans. NRC approved 6        that exemption request, stipulating that the 7        exercise be conducted no later that June 30, 1988.
8                The NRC agrees that emergency planning 9        deficiencies do exist at Pilgrim and further agrees 10        thut corrective actions are needed. However, 11        considering the shutdown status of the plant and 12        the progress that is being made to address 13        emergency planning issues, we have not needed to l
14        take enforcement action regarding energency 15        planning.
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17        resume operation until corrective actions 18        satisfactory to NRC have been taken to address the      j I
19        emergency planning deficiencies identified by FEMA.      ]
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23        needs and transportation-dependent population in 24        the 10-mile emergency planning zone. We will I
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1            require some demonstration of the critical aspects.
2          .of these evacuation plans before we can decide if
* 1 3            Pilgrir is ready to resume operation.                        '
4                  However, it may be that restart can be 5            cuthorized with some emergency planning issues not i
6            fully resolved.        Under the NRC framework, whether 7            an outstanding emergency planning deficiency must 8            delay restart will depend upon considerations of 9            the gravity of the deficiency, the nature of any 10            compensatory action and progress toward correction 11            of the deficiency.        For Pilgrim, this decision will 12            be made ultimately by the commission itself.
13                    In conclusion, there has been and will 14            continue to be a high level of NRC management 15            attention to Pilgrim.          The NRC stoff has adopted a 16            unique approach for monitoring the peformance of 17            the utility as it implements needed improvement.
18            This approach includes opportunities for public 19            input to the process.          I want to assure the 20            Core.ittee that Pilgrim will not be permitted to 21            restart until the NRC staff has reviewed carefully 22            the plant improvements, the management improvements
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23            and the offsite emergency preparedness improvement            j 24            and has concluded that the plan will be operatin, 4
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2                            Thank you, Senator. That concludes my 3                  testimony.
4                            The Chairman:  Do you know what I think is 5                      almost as much of a problem as some of the 6                    technical issues, some of which we have gone over 7                    -- we'll have time to go over some more -- but 8                    there is a problem, I think, in the tone of your 9                    testimony, which seems to run throughout the 10                    statement, seems to lean towards restart.      It 11                      leaves th: impression that the issues have already 12                      been decided, almost as if the NRC has already 13                      decided why Pilgrim should not be allowed to 14                      start. It seems to me to lean toward restart.
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15                      Leaves the impression that the issues have already 16                      been decided. Isn't that backwards?
17                            Mr. Murley:    I am the one who decided in 18                    April of 1986, that the plant ought to stay shut 19                    down. I'm the one that told.them that there are 20                    some additional things that need to corrected and 21                    NRC is the one that is keeping it shut down.        There 22                    is not a presumption that the plant can restart.
23                    They have to convince us that they have made these 24                    corrections.
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1                      The Chairman:            The top of Page 9 in your 2              testimony,'you start off, "It may be that restart 3              can be authorized with scre emergency planning 4            issues not fully resolved."
l 5                      Now, that's really rereassuring, I would 6            expect, to a lot of people.
l l                            7                      Mr. Murley:            Can explain that?
8                      The Chairman:            Sure.                          It looks like -- why 9            can't they just maintain that they can't restart 10              until the State of Massachusetts is more satisfied
                        '11                that they have in place a more effective emergency 12              plan.
13                      Mr. Murley:            I don't mean that to be a 14              pugnacious statement, but I have to explain that 15              emergency preparedness is a changing process.                                                                            Mr.
16              Krimm mentioned earlier that things change around 17                the site: population changes, new schools come in.
16                That's why we require regular exercise in these 19                things.          And so it is not uncommon to find 20                deficiencies in operating plants and we don't 21                generally require that a plant be shut down while 22                these deficiencies are corrected.                                      The defense 23                in-depth philosphy has guided the nuclear 24                regulation over the years, which is an area that                                                                                    l l
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188 1        relies on several levels of protection.      And se, 2      ~therefore, we don't necessarily have to shut plants 3        down while deficiencies are corrected; nontheless 4        with Pilgrim, we' agreed that these deficiencies are 5        quite serious and that they'aust'take corrective-
          ,6        action before we allow them to restart.
1 7                The Chairman:  Wouldn't1you agree with me,                          -]
8        Dr. Murley, that there is a considerable questien 9        in the minds of many when problems which you 10        identified, which you have gone through the first 11        page of your testimony and we reviewed briefly 12        during the course of your oral presentation, that
:    13        they would have some serious problems in knowing 14        whether they were resolved unless -- without                                  l 15        performing another SALT prior to the restart?
16        Don't you believe that the NRC should conduct 17-        another SALT?
18                Mr. Murley:    As I said, we are going to do a 19        comprehensive evaluation, including an                                        i
                                                                                                  'l 20        around-the-clock inspection. I'll let Mr. Russell,                          )
                                                                                                'l 21        who's responsible for the Salt Report to respond to 22        that.                                                                        - ,
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3                First, during the public hearing that we                                                    j 4        propcsed to hold, the first one was to gather i
5        concerns.                  We agreed to come back and hold a second                                l 6        meeting to identify the resolution of those 7        concerns, at least to the staff's standards of what 8        is required.
9                We have also indicated that we will conduct 10        a detailed team inspection to address both the 11        management issues and whether the program can be 12        put into place effectively.                                              We have indicated to n          13        the State of Massachusetts that they may have an 14        observer to observe that inspection as it is 15        conducted by the NRC, such that they would be in a 16        position to see how that process is conducted.
17-                We will.also have self assessment performed 18        by the utility themselves, which would be the 19        equivalent of the ultimate SALT report and the 20        staff will be there to evaluate the peformance.
21        The purpose.is to compare the two results and see 22        if the utility is able to critically evaluate their                                            .
23        own peformance.                                          Those are the --
24                The Chairman:                                              How will that differ from a O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.                                                        ,
 
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2                                                  Mr. Russell:  A SALT report, if I can call This has been doneffor two
                        '3'                                      'it, . Mini-SALT.
4                                        facilities recently in Region 1 for Beaver, Valley 5                                        Unit'II during their startup program and for a nine 6                                        mile unit from the power section to actually 7                                        evaluate the peformance of the company in 8                                        critical --
9                                                  The Chairman:  I hear your words.                              I was 10                                          just trying to gather how a Mini-SALT is different 11                                          from full SALT?
12                                                    Mr. Russell:  The difference is that we m            13                                          specific particalar areas to be evaluated of
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15                                                    The Chairman:  Do they cover the other' areas 16                                          as well?    Jo they have special emphasis in the 17                                        areas'of monitoring or the-areas that you have 18                                          identified for weakness?
19                                                    Mr. Russell:  We will specifically address 20                                        each of the areas of the five areas that have been 21                                        identified as bein      s rginal peformance:
22                                        radiological monit.~.ig, security surveillance, 23                                        Those areas as indicated each will be addressed in 24                                        detail, i
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t 191 l'                                      The Chairman:                    And the other parts that are 2                              included in the evaluation in the SALT report will 3                              also be included?
4                                        Mr. Russell: -Yes, sir.                    We will reach.a 5                              conclusion.      The format will be somewhat different.
6                              I will be issuing a Readiness for Operation Report 7                              that will go to the Dr. Wilson as a part of the 8                              deliberations.          That will be a process --
9                                        The Chairman:                    Excuse me ter interrupting, 10                              but the hour is late.                      As I understand what you say 11                              when I asked about whether you had a SALT report, 12                              you say there are many SALTS.                      You'll look in r                                13                              evaluation at the critical areas which have been 14                              identified as troubled areas and you get a full 15                              report on that, and then the other areas which you 16                              would normally do in a SALT report will also be 17                              covered. Do -- is that your --
18                                        Mr. Russell:                    That is correct. They are in 19                              different documents.                      The SALT report is --
20                                        The Chairman:                    But if they are in different 21                              documents,.is there -- but they are collected at 22                              the same time.        Would there be one particular place 23                              that someone can --
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f 4                      The Chairman:    That will be done before i                                          5                there is obvious --
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E                      Mr. Murley:  Yes. Absolutely.
7                      The Chairman:    There is no way of knowing-8              exactly when this is going to be ready; is that 9              correct?
10                      Mr. Muriny:  No. It will be well before any 11              recommendation is made.
12                      The Chairman:    I suppose this is important, 13              obviously, in term of your own review.      It is 14              important-as well that people have at least a 15              reasonable chance to review it and to get some 16              recommendation or reaction.      Can you give us any 17              assurances about that?
18                      Mr. Murley:  I don't know that we have 19              talked about that. I think it is a good idea, so I 20              will commit --
21                      The Qhairman:  You will commit to reviewing 22              it  --
23                      Mr. Murley:  Yes.
24                      The Chairman:  --
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3          committed to coming back to this area.to review 4          those results following the team inspections.
5                  The Chairman:        It would be marvelous to ge:
6          our commissioners, once -- well, let us try and 7          work on that.
E                  I have other questions which I would like to 9            submit to you. I will make those as part of.the 10                    record. I will welcome your response, so I want to 11                    thank you very much for coming up here.        I will-12                    excuse you.
          .            13                            If-the audience will stay for one more
                  . 14                        minute, I would like to make a final' comment and 15                    then we'll break.
16                            First of all, I would like to express our 17                    thanks to che.many people here during the course of 18                    these hearings. We also want to thank WPLM for all 19                    of their good help and assistance and responses 20                    which they have given to us; Jack Campbell who has 21                    taken a great interest in this whole undertaking 22                    and all these who have been part of WPLM.
23                            I have just a brief concluding comment.
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7-196 1        the citizens who have the most to risk in assuring 2        that Pilgrim is safe, and at least tonight they.had-
: 3.      to opportunity to have their voices heard. And we 4        have heard from our state officials, expressing 5        their frustration in attempting to protect the 6        well-being of their communities before a noncaring 7        and insensitive bureaucracy. We heard from the l
8        federal officials who are charged with the 9        responsibility of deciding if restarting the plant 10        could be permitted without compromising the safety 11        of the residents.
12              Let me say that I am somewhat appalled by e, 13        what I have heard this evening over the fact that.a 14        federal agency would ignore the advice of some 15        experts, especially when a similar reactor was 16        involved in the nuclear nightmare at Chernobyl, 17        that the federal agency would even contemplate 18        restarting a plant without a workable evacuation 19        plan in the event of a nuclear accident. Allowing 20        Pilgrim to restart at this time would be 21        disgraceful.and a reckless disregard for the safety 22        of the people who live here. And it is apparent 23        from the testimony tonight that this plant is light 24        years away from restarting. And I want to make O'BRIEN AND LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC.                                      t
 
195-l'        this.committment to'you: that when I return to 2        Washington,.I. intend to visit'with my colleagues in 3        Congress to bring this matter to their attention'        .
4        Congress should take a hard look at what it is 5'        spending your money on. And the NRC'has been 6        delegated the responsibility to the' nuclear 7        industry to adequately protect the people from the
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B        dangers;of nuclear power. Instead', I'm afraid, we 9        have the NRC that is merely a spokeman for the 10          industry.
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12          the opportunity to present the same evidence that e-                    13          we have heard tonight to the members of the Nuclear 14          Regulator Commission directly before an 15          adjudicatory hearing, but if they can't,'I will.
16                  Our hearing stands in recess.
17                          (hearing concluded at 11 30 p.m.)
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6 Testimony was taken stenographically by 7        myself and then transcribed. To the best of my knowledge, the within transcript is a true and 8        accurate record of said testimony.
9                  I am not connected by blood or marriage with any of the said parties, nor interested 10        directly or indirectly in the matter in controversy.
11 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set 12        my hand and Notarial Seal this        th January, 1988.
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j Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In response to the request of the Committee, I am here t'o discuss the status of the issues concerning the restart of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. With me today is Mr. William Russell, who is the Regional              ;
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As part of its regulatory process, the NRC perfoms a Systematic Assessment cf LicenseePerformance(SALP). In early 1986 the NRC staff issued a SALP report                  :
on Pilgrim covering a 12-month period from October 1984 to October 1985.
That report brought into focus a number of problem areas at Pilgrim such as a shortage cf licensed operators; a large maintenance backlog with a number of management vacar.cies in the maintenance area; radiological protection program weaknesses; emergency preparedness program weaknesses; and instances of poor i
procedural adherence and administrative practices at the plant. These problems
            ' were compounced by a lack of critical self-assessment on the part of Boston Edisen and a tendency toward superficial corrective actions. We met with the senior management of Boston Edison in January 1986 and forcefully told them of our concerns. In February 1986, a special team of inspectors was sent to the plant i
for several weeks of )round-the-clock inspection. We did this to obtain a more complete understanding of the underlying reasons for the poor perfomance. This              j team confimed the SALP conclusions.                                                          ,
On April 12, 1986, a series of plant hardware problems caused the plant to shut down. At that time, I issued a Confirmatory Action Letter documenting Boston Edison's intent to keep the plant shut down. Later in the summer of 1986, I revised and extended the Confirmatory Action Letter to confim that Boston Edison would keep Pilgrim shut down until resolution of those management deficiencies identified in the SALP report and by the special team inspections.
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i Our most recent SALP review covered the period from November 1985 to January 1987[ and wa's issued April 8, 1987. This report identified five areas that exhibited recurring program weaknesses. These are:
radiological controls surveillance of safety related equipment fire protection physical security and safeguards assurance of quality Over t,he past few years the NRC has devoted considerable resources to monitor the Boston Edison efforts to address these weaknesses. For example, the NRC has three full-time resident inspectors at Pilgrim, whereas most single-unit facilities have two residents. Furtheritore, we have supplemented these resident inspectors with an extensive region-based inspection effort ano Aave corr.itted additional headquarters resources to review ano evaluate Pilgrim issues. This includes a dedicated assessment panel composed of hRC r.anagers to overview and consolidate the NRC approach to Pilgrim activities.
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Let me summarize the current status of major Boston Edison and NRC activities regarding the Pilgrim facility. The facility remains shut down. The NRC has met frequently with Boston Edison, members of the public, and with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts., as well as with local officials to discuss issues re:erding Pilgrim. Boston Edison has developed a restart plan that describes se programs, plans, and actions considered necessary by the company to restart and safely operate Pilgrim. Although Boston Edison has not reached a position where it would request that NRC consider a restart decision, the utility has completed a st.mber of plant improvements. The reactor was refueled in October and several major systems tests on the reactor coolant system and containment structure have been completed.
 
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                                                      ' As part of its Safety Enhancement Program (SEP), Boston Edison has proposed a numbef of modifications intended to improve plant performance in the event of an accident at Pilgrim. The NRC staff reviewed these modifications in August 1987 and concluded that eight of the modifications were appropriate for implementation.
These include containment spray nozzle modifications, the installation of a third emergency diesel generator, modifications to fire protection systems, and features to respond to an anticipated transient without scram. The SEP modifications are designed to mitigate the effects of abnormal conditions that could c'evelop in containment in the event of an unlikely accident. These modifications are in consonance with NRC goals to enhance containment performance under severe accident conditions. We have not made them formal requirements for restart of Pilgrim. We are, however, ensuring that these modifications do not result in lessened safety for the plant.
Quest. ions have been raised regarding the Mark I containment at Pilgrim and the Direct Torus Vent mod,ification being considered by Boston Edison. The Direct Torus Vent would provide a hardened path from the containment torus structure to the plant stack and would be used to relieve containment pressure in certain severe accident situations. During staff review of this proposed modification a number of questions were asked of Boston Edison regarding the use of the Direct Torus Vent. These questions must be resolved before this system is placed into service.
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Senior Vice President - Nuclear. He has extensive nuclear navy and management experience. Changes have been r.ade in the onsite organization, additional-personnel have been hired and programs for improvement are being implemented.
The NRC staff will assess the effectiveness of t!.ese programs and management changes in the coming months.                                                          .
The NRC has a special programmatic approach for assessing the Boston Edison progress at Pilgrim. Our activities are being coordinated by an Assessmert Panel that is chaired by a senior staff member from Region I and includes representatives from the region and headquarters. Once the Pilgrim restart plan has been reviewed by NRC and after Boston Edison has stated it is ready to restart Pilgrim, this Panel will assess restart readiness. This assessment will be a comprehensive evaluation that considers the general readiness of the .
plant and personnel to resume safe operation and will include a comprehensive onsite team inspection.
a In addition, as we indicated to Senator Kennedy and Congressman Studds in Chairman Zech's letters of November 20, 1987, we will conduct several public meetings to ensure opportunity for public participation and input to.the Assessment Panel regarding the Boston Edison restart plan. These meetings will be formal, transcribed sessions at which the public's testimony will be heard by NRC senior staff. After the NRC staff has completed the restart readiness assessment, there will be a public meeting at NRC headquarters at which the staff will brief the NRC Commissioners on our findings and recommendations so that the Commission itself can make the ultimate restart decision.                          -
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In addition to the areas previously discussed, a number of emergency preparedness concerns have been raised at Pilgrim since the Confirmatory Action letter was issued in April 1986. On July 15, 19EE, State Senator William B. Golden and others filed a Petition with the NRC, requesting that NRC order Beston Edison to show cause why Pilgrim should not remain closed or have its operating licer.se sinspended. That request was based, in part, on emergency preparedness concerns.
On December 22, 1926, the Secretary of Public Safety of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts sent FEMA a copy of an Office of Public Safety report entitled,
                          " Report to the Governor on Emergcncy Preparedness for an Accident at the Pilgrirn Nuclear Power Station," dated December 1986.      In a memorandum to NRC dated March 31, 1987. FEMA stated that it was also conducting a self-initiated review of the overall state of emergency preparedness at Pilgrim Station. FEMA subsequently                                                  l comitted to prepare, on a priority basis, a consolidated evaluation that would address the Petition issues, the report submitted by the Office of Public Safety,                                            )
its self-initiated review, and other relevant available information.
On August 6, 1987, FEMA seni its report to NRC.      It is entitled, "Self-Initiated t
 
6-Review and Interim Finding for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Plymouth, Massachusetts.* In this report, FEMA listed the following six areas of concern in the Comenwealth of Massachusetts emergency plans for the ten-mile emergency planning zone surrounding Pilgrim:
: 1. Lack of evacuation plans for public and private schools and day care centers.
: 2. Lack of a reception center for people evacuating to the north.
: 3. Lack of identifiable public shelters for the beach population.
: 4. Inadequate planning for the evacuation of the special needs population.
: 5. Inadequate planning for the evacuation of the transportation-dependent population.
: 6. Overall lack of progress in planning and apparent diminution in emergency preparedness.
On August 18, 1957, the NRC transmitted the FEMA report to Boston Edison and requested that the utility provide an action plan and schedule for assisting the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and local governments in addressing the FEMA identified emergency planning issues. Boston Edison submitted its Action Plan on September 17, 1987. This action plan details Boston Edison's plans to assist the Commonwealth of Ma'ssachusetts and local governments, as well as describing resources and a schedule for completion.
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                      ~governcer,ts in the Pilgrim area have con.itted considerable resources and effer,t toward resolving these concerns.      Current status is as follows:
                              - Draf ts of local plans were complete November 1,1987. These currently are in review in the respective towns.
                              - Draf ts of local procedures are in preparation. These address issues such as buses er.c sheltering.
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                              - The Draft Massachusetts Civil Defense Authority Area II Plan is complete and under review by the Commonwealth.
                              - The draf t of the Commonwealth Plan for Pilgrim is nearing completion.
                                - A training program has been developed by Boston Edison and provided to the Massachusetts Civil Defense Authority.
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                                - On December 17, 1987 the NRC received the " Report on Emergency Preparedness for an Accident at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station," from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. NRC and FEMA will consider this report in their ongbing reviews.
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Additionally, Bosten Edison submitted an exemption request to NRC on the requ3rements' for conducting its Biennial Full Participation Exercise. The request was based on the need to make improvements in energency plans. NRC p                                        approved that exemption request, stipulating that the exercise be conducted no later than June 30, 198E.
The NRC agrees that emergency planning deficiencies do exist at Pilgrim and furthe'r agrees that corrective actions are needed. However, considering the shutdown status of the plant and the progress that is being made to address emergency planning issues, we have not needed to take enforcement action regarding emergency planning.                                                                                          l The NRC will not permit the facility to resume operation until corrective actions satisfactory to NRC have been taken to address the emergency planning deficiencies identified by FEMA. We will give special attention to the improved evacuation plans for schools and day care centers as well as the improved evacuation plans for special-needs and transportation-dependent populations in the ten-mile emergency planning zone. We will require some demonstration of the critical aspects of these evacuation plans before we can decide that Pilgrim is ready to resume operation.
I However, it may be that restart can be authorized with some emergency planning issues not fully resolved. Under the NRC's regulatory framework, whether an outstanding emergency planning deficiency must delay restart will depend upon considerations of the gravity of the deficiency, the nature of any compensatory actions, and progress toward correction of the deficiency.
For Pilgrim this decision will be made ultimately by the Commission itself.
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In conclusion, there has been and will continue to be a high level of NRC managtment attention to Pilgrim. The NRC staff has adopted a unique approach for monitoring the performance of the utility as it implenents needed improvements. This approach includes opportunities for public input to the process. I want to assure the Committee that Pilgrim will not be permitted to restart entil the NRC staff has reviewed carefully the plant improvements, the management improvements, and the offsite emergency preparedness improvements and has concluded that the plant will be operated safely.
This concludes my testimony. Mr. Russell and I would be glad to answer questions.
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Good evening.                            My name is Neil Johnson,  and I,m the Chairran ef the Duxbury Citizens Committee on Nuclear Matters and a merber cf the                      Duxbury Emergency Response Committee.          I am a registered
* Professional Engineer and have                          13 years of    design experience working on nuclear power plants as a Licensing, Environmental and Structural                        . ;1i.c er . I,d like to address 3 areas    -
Switenyard and Emergency Diesel Generators.                            Overpressurization Failure and Direct Torus Venting and Stress Corrosion Cracking.
Switchyard and Emergency Diesel Generators On November 12,1987 at approximately 2:10 AM, the 7ilgrim !!uclear Power Station experienced a complete loss of offsite power (LOCP; during adverse weather conditions.                              This resulted in startup cf the two emergency diesel generators. Prior to the restoration of offsite power at 11:15 P.M. on the same day,                            one of the diesel generators                        had to be shut down leaving only one diesel generater operating.                        The event was not given a licensee Emergency Class-ification by the NRC as the plant was in cold shutdown.
It                was reported that the loss of offsite power was associated with icing in the switchyard.                                I  am concerned that    similar problems with the plant operating could occur in the future that could result in more serious consequences.
Since                        June of      1972 there have been 20 instances of loss cf the 345 kV offsite system and 4 instances of loss of both the 345 kV and the 23 kV offsite systems ( 4 LOOP events ).
I believe, that prior to restart, the NRC should review the swit-chyard and ' emergency - diesel generators as a system and assure the public that the integrity of this system can be mainta ned under adverse conditions.                                                                        !
Based on the recent diesel generator and switchyard problems :
believe that the NRC should require completion of the installa-tion of the new 2000 KW blackout diesel prior to the restart.
The                        conclusion of the Augmented Inspection Team review of the November 12,                        1987 1oss of offsite power was that the in-operability of the "B" emergency dic:e1 generator resulted frer the performance of maintenance using inadequate or incomplete maintenance procedures.
I    believe that the NRC should assure the public that BECO will more aggressively pursue courses of action to mitigate rechanical problems such as those experienced on the "B" emergency diesel generator?
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I  understand that severe accidents in the extreme can generate pressures of =cre than twice the design pressure of a Mark I cen-tainrent structure similar to the one at Pilgrim and could cause containment rupture.              One core damage prevention strategy util-ized ts              containment venting of excess pressure gradually.  (see attached sketch).            This is achieved by bubbling the release free the reactor drywell, through the wet well, on through the Standby Gas  Treatment System            (SBGT) where remaining radioactive iodine and particulate are removed,              finally venting out    through the main plant stack. Incidentally, the Standby Gas Treatment System remained out of service from 1984 through at least 1986 at Pilgrim.
It is also my understanding that the existing vent              ductwork  as-sociated with the Standby Gas Treatment System is of fairly light gague and may be broached in accident venting.                  Therefore the installation of a Direct Torus Vent System which provides a direct vent path, with heavier gauge' pipe, around the Standby Gas Treatment System was proposed at Pilgrim.                Installation of this system was begun but not completed due to a lack of approval by the NRC.
I  believe that the NRC should be concerned about the effects of secondary release of radioactive gas into the reactor building in the event of a ductwork failure.              Also,  if in the future the NRC approves the Direct Torus Venting System,                  I believe that they should review'the operation of the manual overide which would al-low the operator to manually overide switches to allow venting to continue even with high radiation in the Torus vapor space.
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                          .                          stress corrosion cracking ( SCC )                    is  a  complex,  industry-wide problem affecting both BWR's and PWR's, and relates fundamenta'ly to      the harsh environment- in which components'and piping'must operate in nuclear power plants.
In December of 1983,                    the NRC ordered the lisensee to shut down and inspect the recirculating system piping for integranular stress corrosion cracking. The licensee replaced the recirculat-ing system piping-and was authorized to restart in December 1964.
I recommend that the NRC make sure that all recommendations by General Electric to upgrade BWR reliability as i=pacted by stress corrosion cracking have been implemented at Pilgrim so that this condition does not reoccur in the future.
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records would                of hours be appropriate.          worked by the operators                er on duty o 12, 1987 The. restart plan states that acceptance criteria, reasonably within a goal?"'        They may proceed if their performance falls"I falls within a goal and what Who determines if their performance criteria is used?
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I TESTIMONY BEFORE THE LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE i
(Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Committee Chairman)
By Dr. Grace'M. Healy, Chairman COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR MATTERS TOWN OF PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS Thursday, January 7, 1988 The Plymouth Cons:ittee on Nuclear Matters, formally constituted by the Board of Selectmen on August 19, 1986, consists of nine members of diverse backgrounds and experience with expertise in the medical and legal fields, in business and industry including the utilities, in physics and engineering, in planning, and in public policy.
The Committee members, while differing sometimes radically in their opinions, have one common passion - that of the discovery of what is f act.
We have done our best to put aside our individual biases in order to listen to knowledgeable others. We have researched facts, gathering available information from voluminous written materials and reports, from interviews of relevant parties and from public hearings. We have visited the plant, participated in simulated emergency and training drills, consulted with technical experts and deliberated with one another during lengthy committee meetings.
Our deliberations have, at times, been difficult. In the end, we have managed to reach consensus on most recommendations. It is clear that we                          l stand together in our concern for the safety of all residents of Plymouth.                      I Thus far the Committee has issued two Reports: the first on the Plymouth Radiological Energency Response Plan; the second on Environmental Radiation Monitoring. In the first report we said the following in March 1987:
There are deficiencies in the Plymouth Radiological Emergency Response Plan which are serious enough, in the Committee's judgment, to preclude "...
reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and vill be taken (by the Town and State) in the event of a Radiological Emergency." There is reason to believe that as things stand nov, the Selectmen cannot fulfill their legal responsibility, particularly during a Radiological Emergency, to provide for the hes.Ith and safety of persons and their property The Plymouth Radiological Emergency Response Plan is a " paper" plan, essentially untested relative to mobilization of some of the essential personnel. Hence, the Committee made the following recommendations:
: 1. Comprehensive revision of the Plymouth Radiological Emergency                          ,
Response Plan.                                                                        l This task is not complete.
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: 2. Appointment of a full-time Civil Defense Director, with staff as needed, with adequate interim headquarters, and with long-term plans for location in one of the new Town buildings.
The Civil Defense Director vill berin work on January 11. 1988.
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: 3. Development of funds for emergency preparedness from federal, state and utility sources.
Only funds from Boston Edison are beint made available to the Town.
: 4. Full Town participation in a comprehensive drill prior to Pilgrim's coming back on-line.
This has not been done.
The Committee holds that the Plan must be operationalized. Procedures must be specified sed tested. Com=iteents of personnel and materials must be 1er 11v formalized. Anything less is unacceptable.
Regarding the second Committee Report:
The Committee on Nuclear Matters, in an attempt to understand the monitoring of environmental radiation associated with the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, reviewed documenta provided by Boston Edison and interviewed knowledgeable persons, including but not limited to Boston Edison representatives, Nuclear Industry representatives, Department of Public Health representatives and State Officials.
The Committee on Nuclear Matters is strongly concerned with what it considers to be the insufficient number of monitoring stations, the minimal involvement of the State in the monitoring process, and the complete lack of an " oversight" monitoring system.
4 All of the Reports reviewed by the Committee on Nuclear Matters (1982-1987) indicate to i;s members that the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant does have a continuing envirennental impact. In all of the materials reviewed, however, Boston Edison Company, the N.R.C., and the Commonwealth hold that offsite releases from the Plant (as indicated by current monitoring) have not exceeded technical specifications. Boston Edison Company, the N.R.C., and the Commonwealth then ' draw the conclusion that there has been no measurable impact upon the citizenry. They further claim that even if there had been any impact it would have been rinimal, and far less than the effects of previous worldwide weapons testing or of the Chernobyl accident.
The Committee on Nuclear Matters takes little romfort in the above c omparisons . Any environmental impact is of concern and needs to be examined if public health is to be protected. Let us not forget that the impast of such effects is cumuistive! The Committee questions the adequacy of current monitoring around Pilgrim I, even though it is more extensive than that at some other nuclest plants. Hence, the Committee recommends increased monitorinc. hither cuality monitorier proper timine of socitorint to reves) effects of specific plant incidences which involve radioactive releases. and procet reportint of the results. Accomplishment of these recom=endat ions is basic to an investigation of the iepact of FNPS upon citizens' health. . . an investigation which has yet to be accomplished.
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The two Committee Reports mentioned here are being made available to your staff, Mr. Chairman, as vill be future reports and recommendations from j                                                    our Committee.
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We respectfully request your assistance on two related matters which may not be the direct concern of your Committee. We request that you exert your considerable leadership at the national level to help mitigate the unintended                                    4 negative consequences of past Congressional action and inaction which have led to America's Bose Town becoming, in fact a high level nuclear dump site.
We beg you to assist in relieving us of this burden. Only Congress can do it, not the utilities - not Boston Edison.
We ask that you monitor closely the progress of the Department of Energy's work at the Yucca Mountain drilling site in Nevada to insure that                                ,
j the nation vill obtain as soon as possible a permanent repository for high level nuclear vaste.
We also respectfully suggest that you help to initiate a Congressional review of the role and performance of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the reasserting of Congressional authority relative to the Nuclear Industry.
If it is needed, we request that you introduce corrective legislation which will ensure Congressional authority and responsibility.
Thank you very much for this opportunity, Mr. Chairman; it is deeply appreciated. I shall be happy to answer any of your questions insofar as I am able.
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Amministaatsvg Assistant Restaats. D eteton Mi Magg ga8=67 utussasanar TESTIMONY OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE LAWRENCE R. ALEXANDER, HOUSE CHAIRMAN OF THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE'S JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, BEFORE THE LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCIS COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE JANUARY 7, 1988 I would like to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the members of this committee, for your deep concern over this issue and for holding this important hearing here in Massachusetts so that you can hear directly from the citizens who are most affected by the Pilgrim nuclear power plant.
As House Chair, man of the Joint Committee on Energy of the Massachusetts Legislature, I believe there are two significant issues associated with nuclear power that warrant major federal investigations immediately.
First, Congress should order an in-depth nationwide analysis of whether people suffer adverset health consequences as a result of living near nuclear power plants.                                      .
Second, Congress should order an intense investigation of the safety                                          .
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power plants, to determine whether operators of American nuclear power plants should make similar modifications.
Let me discuss each of these matters in more detail.
With respect to the health effects of living near nuclear reactors, there is an increasing body of scientific evidence that seems to suggest that routine t__                    _ _ _ _ _ . - . _ _ _ _                                _ - _ _ _ _ . _                  .-                      ---    -                -  -.
 
and accidental releases of radiation from nuclear reactors may be causing increased leukemia, cancer, infant mortality, congenital defects and other adverse consequences.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has found a statistically significant increased incidence of leukemias in communities near the Pilgrim                    i 1
reactor. There was a 59 percent increase in blood disorders including leukemias            j 1
for Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury, Marshfield and Scituate for the years 1982 through 1984    In 1985, there were three times as many cases of these blood disorders than would normally be expected for women in Plymouth (6 cases instead of 2), and the total increase for the five towns from 1982 through 1985 was 1
a statistically significant 43 percent.                                                          )
l Dr. Sidney Cobb, the distinguished epidemiologist who originally identified this increase in leukemias, has also found that an increase in infant mortality and congenital defect. rates took place in coastal communities adjacent to or north of Plymouth soon after significant radioactive emissions were discharged from Pilgrim in the 1970's.      Evidence also seems to suggest some increased leukemias for people living downwind from Haine and Connecticut reactors.
Dr. Bailus Walker, President of the American Public Health Association, and a
a former Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health, has recommended a regional analysis of the health consequences of living near nuclear reactors.                            i l
Dr. Jay Gould recently released a national study revealing higher infant              -
and fetal mortality rates in counties close to boiling water reactors.      He believes that emissions from nuclear reactors are associated with nearly 9,000 excess deaths each year.'
l The United States 'is not the only country in which studies show possible adverse health consequences for people living near nuclear power plants.
1 A 1987 study in Lancet magazine suggests a significant correlation between                      l proximity to nuclear power plants and increased leukemia incidence in England.6                ,
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other studies also suggest a need for further investigation.
While it is very difficult to prove a definite causal link between the 50 million curies of radioactive emissions released from American nuclear reactors and the specific adverse health effects that people have suffered, the growing body of epidemiological evidence suggesting the possibility of such a link makes it imperative that we explore this issue in more detail.
The only way to do this thoroughly is for Congress to order a comprehensive nationwide epidemiological study of this matter immediately.
Let ce now turn to the issue of nuclear reactor safety, particularly with reference to the General Electric Mark I reactor found at Pilgrim.      I have serious doubts about the adequacy of the containment structure at Pilgrim.
Former NRC Commissioner James Asselstine has stated, " America can expect to see a core meltdown accident within the next 20 years, and it is possible that such an accident could result in off-site releases of radiation which are as large as, or larger than, the releases estimated to have occurred at Chernobyl."    American reactors, he notes, "were not designed to withstand large-scale core meltdowns."'
Many European reactors, on the other hand, have safety features that American reactors do not have. Some, for instance, have a filtered vent to prevent overpressurization and a consequent breach of containment.      Their filters trap most of the radiation. The owners of the Shoreham reactor in Long Island have announced t, heir intention to install such a filtered vent.
Pilgrim should not restart until and unless Pilgrim has such a filtered vent.                          ,
Many European reactors have an additional, independent decay heat removal system that serves as a back-up cooling system in case of failure of the original residual heat removal (RHR) system and of the emergency core cooling system.
This back-up system is also independently powered in case of station blackout and is " bunkered" underground to protect against earthquake damage and sabotage-p                                                                                                                              I L-________-______________________
 
Swiss authorities have started retrofitting some Swiss reactors with this system, including an older boiling water reactor.
The Pilgrim reactor was shut down in 1956 due to failures of the RHR system. It does not have a back-up, bunkered RHR system. If Europeans are installing additional cooling systems in their boiling water reactors, why shouldn't Boston Edison install the same system to provide more protection against meltdowns at the Pilgrim reactor? Boston Edison should install a bunkered RHR system at Pilgrim before restart.
A federal investigation- preferably independent of the NRC--should be undertaken immediately of the filtered vent, the bunkered RHR system, and other European safety systems to determine whether they should be added to American nuclear power plants. Congress should also consider requiring construction of a second steel-reinforced concrete containment structure and molten core barriers before General Electric Mark I-designed plants such as Pilgrim are allowed to continue to operate. Pilgrim should also not be allowed to re-start unless the Governor reaches a threshold determination that an evacuation plan can adequately protect public health and safety, and local officials and the Governor have approveo such a plan.
Let me add one final word with regard to Pilgrim. I am becoming more and more convinced that we may not need the power from Pilgrim. Boston Edison's own forecast of electric supply and demand shows that it probably won't need Pilgrir power from 1990 to 2000. 2 With conservation and energy produced by small power facilities, we may not need electricity from Pilgrim.
All of us should ask ourselves why we should take a risk that we don't have to take. All of us should ask ourselves the ultimate question--do we                                        i really need to take the risk of Pilgrim re-opening when we may not even need the power it might produce?
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: 1. " Health Surveillance of the Plymouth Ares," Mass. Department of Pub'lic Health, March 16, 1987.                                                      (Appendix A)-
: 2. " Testimony of Sidney Cobb, M.D.." presented to the Joint Committee on Energy, March 24, 1987.                                                      (Appendix B)
: 3. Ibid.
: 4. " Nuclear Emissions Take Their Toll;" Could, J.M. et al; Council on Economic Priorities Publication N86-12; December, 1986, p. 7. (Appendix C)
: 5. Ibid , p. 9.
: 6. " Cancer Near Nuclear Installation," Beral, V., Lancet, March 7, 1987, p.
556.                                        (Appendix D)
: 7. Bibliography of over 100 relevant research papers. (Appendix E)
: 8. " Testimony of Commissioner James K. Asselstine, U.S. N.R.C., before the Subco==ittee on Energy Conservation and Power of the Committee on Energy
                                    -                    and Com=erce," May 22, 1986, p. 3. (Appendix F)
: 9. Ibid.
: 10. " International Nuclear Reactor Hazard Study," Anderson, R. et al, Volume II, September, 1986;
                                                                  " Europeans Head Toward Filtered Vented Containments af ter Chernobyl,"
Nucleonics Week, June 12, 1986,                                                '
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: 11. "Muehleberg Begins Backfit~for Bunkered Emergency Cooling System," Nucleonies Week, November 13, 1986. Telephone conversations between staff of Commissioner Asselstice, November, 1986, and staff of Joint com=ittee on Energy.
: 12. " Conservation and Load Management," Boston Edison, Exhibit V-1 (" Boston                                                                                                                            '
Edison's Long Range Resource Plans" Between 1990-2000, Boston Edison vill have more than 500 MW of capacity beyond its reserve capacity needs--Boston Edison receives less than 500 MW of capacity from Pilgrim), submitted to the Department of Public Utilities in November, 1987.                                                                                                    (Appendix C) l
 
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JANUARY 7, 1988 PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS l
 
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MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE:
As the Commonwealth's Secretary of Energy Resources, I wo.uld like to briefly address the demand for Pilgrim's power in meeting Massachusetts' and New England's electricity needs.
While the current power supply in Massachusetts is tight, it is not so tight that the public health and safety need be placed at risk with the operation of any given power plant including      ,
Pilgrim.
Analyses prepared by the New England Governors' Conference and the New England Energy Policy Council have indicated that
                                                'New England's power needs can be met with-existing and planned resources and potential new resources combined with ef fective management.      These analyses have provided evidence that Pilgrim will not "make-or-break" the electricity supply in New England.
In Massac)usetts, state and utility officials are working to assure that power will be available when needed and at a reasonable cost, both over the short-term and the long-term.
Recent accomplishments of state and utility officials will improve the power supplies of the region. For example, the enactment of state appliance efficiency standards and a more efficient building code, the establishment of a cogeneration bidding and development process, and the approval for construction of the 300 MW gas unit in Bellingham, will all I
 
make substantial contributions to Massachusetts' electricity needs.
In addition, current projects will enhance future power f                          planning and supply.      For example, state officials have l
requested utilities to increase their capabilities to manage load requirements at the time of peak demand.      The state is also. investigating ways to fully develop conse.rvation, load management and cogeneration at state facilities. Furthermore, the Executive Office of Energy Resources and others are working with the Department of Public Utilities to establish a least-cost planning process, which will significantly enhance the development of cost-effective, socially beneficial electric resources in Massachusetts.
I would also like to note that Pilgrim 's past operating performance indicates that it can not necessarily be relied upon to provide power when needed.      Pilgrim's lifetime operating performance is worse than roughly 80 percent of other nuclear plants in the country.      In the past, Pilgrim has been available to produce electricity less'than half of the time that it was needed.
In addition, there is not a strong need to operate Pilgrim for economic reasons. While there are many uncertainties as to the economics of future power supplies, a recent analysis indicates that Pilgrim may not necessarily provide any economic savings to ratepayers if it operates.
 
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Therefore, I would like to make it clear that, while peak electricity resources are currently tight, there is no compelling need to operate Pilgrim for power supply or economic purposes if it poses an unacceptable risk to the health and safety of the public.
As was indicated by my colleagues from the Administration, Governor Dukakis has not yet made a determination as to the ultimate role which he believes Pilgrim should play, if any, in our power supply.        That determination will be made only after the issues of plant management, containment integrity and evacuation plan adequacy have been resolved.
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY JANUARY 7, 1988                          ,
GOOD EVENING MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.        I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF SECRETARY CHARLES V. BARRY WHO BY EXECUTIVE ORDER IS THE DISASTER COORDINATOR FOR THE STATE AND.
BY-DESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNOR IS THE LIAISON OFFICER FOR MASSACHUSETTS TO THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.              IN THE LATTER CAPACITY, THE SECRETARY IS THE PRINCIPAL POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN STATE OFFICIALS AND THE N.R.C.
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY SUPERINTENDS TWO STATE AGENCIES WITH RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS AREA--THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WHICH LICENSES NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATORS AND THE CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING AND UPDATING EMREGENCY PLANS.        MOREOVER, OTHER AGENCIES AND DIVISIONS WITHIN OUR SECRETARIAT WOULD PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN RESPONDING TO ANY EMERGENCY AT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WHERE THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY IMPACT OUTSIDE THE PLANT.
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE TAKEN THREE MAJOR ACTIONS TO RESPOND TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS AT THE PILGRIM PLANT.
FIRST, WE HAVE PREPARED AND FILED WITH THE GOVERNOR TWO COMPREHENSIVE WRITTEN REPORTS, THE MOST RECENT OF WHICH WAS I
 
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY PAGE TWO RELEASED JUST SEVERAL WEEK 5 AGO.                                                                        I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THESE REFORTS PART OF THE RECORD.                                                                          THESE REPORTS DEAL AT LENGTH WITH THE HISTORY OF EMERGENCY PLANNING ACTIVITIES AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL AND' WITH THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PILGRIM PLANT.                                                                          IT IS OUR OPINION, TO PARAPHRASE THE FEDERAL REGULATORY STANDARD, THAT EXISTING EMERGENCY PLANS FOR PILGRIM STATION ARE NOT ADEQUATE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE EVENT OF A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY OFFSITE AND THAT THE PLANT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO RESTART UNLESS AND UNTIL ADEQUATE PLANS ARE DEVELOPED, TESTED AND APPROVED BY FEMA, AND THE OTHER SAFETY RELATED CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.
SECOND, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A NEW DIVISION WITHIN THE CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY WITH FISCAL OVESIGHT WITHIN EOPS DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY'TO NUCLEAR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.                                                                          THIS DIVISION IS TAKING A LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS AND UTILITY EMPLOYEES TO IN5URE THAT, UNLIKE IN THE PAST, THERE IS ONLY ONE PLANNING PROCESS UNDER STATE SUPERVISION.
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i THE PROCESS INVOLVES TH,E UTILITY, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS MEETING TOGETHER REGULARLY TO ADDRESS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ISSUES.                                                                      IN DOING SO WE HAVE BEEN CAREFUL TO UNDERTAKE THIS PROCESS ON BEHALF OF THE THREE LICENSED PLANTS THAT AFFECT MASSACHUSETTS--PILGRIM, ROWE, J.ND VERNON--AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE CONTINUE TO ABIDE BY THE STATE'S POLICY THAT THERE SHALL BE NO PLANNING FOR THE SEABPOOK PLANT.
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I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE MY REMARKS BY COMMENTING BRIEFLY, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY ON SOME OF THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE AND PROBLEMS THAT STILL REMAIN.
ON THE PROGRESS SIDE OF THE LEDGER THE BOSTON EDISON COMPANY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, IS A FULL PARTNER WITH STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS IN THE EMERGENCY PLANNING EFFORT.      THE UTILITY IS INVESTING IN THE PLANNING RESOURCES REQUIRED BY LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS. THE UTILIITY HAS REPLACED AN INADEQUATE EM'dRGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH A MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED AND ENLARGED SYSTEM. THE UTILTY HAS ASSIGNED MORE TEAN TWENTY PERSONS TO WORK WITH STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND HAS AIDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAFT EMERGENCY PLANS WHICH ARE CURENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. THE UTILITY HAS PRODUCED A NEW EVACUATION TIME-ESTIMATE STUDY THAT WE RECEIVED DURING THE SUMMER AND HAS JUST PROVIDED US WITH A STUDY ON THE ADEQUACY OF USING ONLY THE TWO EXISTING RECEPTION CENTERS FOR THE EPZ.
FINALLY THE UTILITY HAS MADE MAJOR CHANGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ITS NUCLEAR OPERATION AND INVESTED HEAVILY IN AN ON-SITE SAFETY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM. ALSO, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT SPECIAL TASK FORCES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ADDRESS THE SPECIAL NEEDS ISSUES AND TO RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EMERGENCY PUBLIC INFORMATION MATERIAL THAT IS DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY.THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT AND POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS.
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY PAGE FOUR SIMILARLY, LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STAFF OF THE NEW. DIVISION OF NUCLEAR EMERGENCY SAFETY WITHIN CIVIL DEFENSE IN AN' EFFORT TO DEVELOP THE BEST POSSIBLE EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANS. IN MANY CASES, THIS EFFORT HAS MEANT THAT LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS HAVE WORKED NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
ON THE PROBLEM SIDE OF THE LEDGER, WE DO NOT YET HAVE A FORMALLY APPROVED EMERGENCY PLAN TO RESPOND TO.AN ACCIDENT AT PILGRIM STATION AND IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER AN ADEQUATE PLAN CAN BE DEVELOPED. THE MOST IMPORTANT AND DIFFICULT PART OF THE EMERGENCY PLANS--THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES FOR PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (SCHOOL CHILDREN, THE HANDICAPPED, THE INFIRM ETC.)--DO NOT YET EXTST EVEN IN DRAFT FORM. QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF THE EVACUATION TIME ESTIMATES ANS WE HAVE DECIDED TO SUBMIT IT FOR AN OUTSIDE EVALUATION. THE SHELTERING STUDY PREPARED BY BECO.
EARLIER IN THE YEAR IS INADEQUATE AND IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF THERE IS ADEQUATE SHELTER FOR THE POPULATION. A SURVEY OF PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WAS PREPARED BY BECO. EARLIER IN THE YEAR WITHOUT STATE OR LOCAL PARTICIPATION OR APPROVAL AND IS INADEQUATE. THE RECEPT 10N CENTER STUDY WE RECEIVED TWO WEEKS AGO IS USEFUL, BUT WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT A THIRD RECEPTION CENTER FOR THE NORTHERN EPZ RESIDENTS IS NECESSARY. WE WILL DESIGNATE A SITE IN A SHORT WHILE.
IN TERMS OF ON-SITE ACTIVITITES, WE ARE TROUBLED BY THE DECISION OF THE N.R.C. TO LEAVE UNRESOLVED THE SAFETY ISSUES
 
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l PRESENTED BY BOSTON EDISON COMPANY'S PROPOSAL TO INSTALL A DIRECT TORUS VENT TO MITIGATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF CERTAIN KINDS OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THE MARK ONE CONTAINMENT.                                THE EDISON INITIATIVE WAS TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO AN N.R.C. STAFF RECOMMENDATION.        IN AUGUST, 1987, DR. TOM MURLEY WROTE TO BECO.AND ADVISED THEM THAT HE WAS NOT PREPARED TO APPROVE THE DIRECT VENT PROPOSAL WITHOUT FURTHER INFORMATION.                              TO OUR KNOWLLEDGE, BECO. HAS NOT SUBMITTED ITS RESPONSE.                              THIS IS JUST ONE REASON WHY OUR CALL UPON EDISON TO PRODUCE THE PROBABALISTIC RISK ANALYSIS WE BELIEVE HAS BEEN PREPARED IS SO IMPORTANT.
MANAGEMENT CONCERNS ALSO CONTINUE TO EXIST AT PILGRIM.                                              THE MOST RECENT SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE REPORT (SALP) INDICATES THAT BECO. SCORED LOW IN A NUMBER OF SAFETY RELATED CATEGORIES.              IN AUGUST, SECURITY VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AT THE PLANT THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF AN ONGOING N.R.C.                                                                      ,
INVESTIGATION.        A LOSS OF POWER INCIDENT ON NOVEMBER 12, 1987                                                                j WAS THE SUBJECT OF A RECENT AUGMENTED INSPECTION REPORT.
ALTHOUGH NO VIOLATION Of REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS WAS FOUND, THE i
REPORT CRITICIZES THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE RECOVERY AND                                                                        )
FOUND PLANNING WEAKNESS.
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY PAGE SIX ON BALANCE, MY DIAGNOSIS IS THAT THE PATIENT BAS IMPROVED BUT REMAINS QUITE ILL AND THE PROGNOSIS IS UNCERTAIN.
FOR THESE REASONS, IT IS IMPERATIVE, IN OUR JUDGMENT, THAT l
THE N.R.C. HEED THE CALL BY GOVERNOR DUKAKIS AND ATTORNEY GENERAL SHANNON TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING BEFORE CONSIDERING ANY REQUEST TO RESTART THE PILGRIM PLANT.          ,
I WOULD BE HLPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED Peter W. Agnes, Jr.
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                                                                                                                                      .1 BEFORE TE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HLfiAN RESOURCES U.S. SE ETE IN PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS l
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fif NAME IS RICHARD W. KRIMM.      I AM ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (F BA) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF FBA'S PROGRAMS RELATED TO TECHNOLOGICAL AND, NATURAL HAZARDS. THESE PROC"lAMS INCLUDE RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PLANNING AROUND NUCLEAR POWER PL ANTS, AS WELL AS PLANNING FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTS, EARTHQUAKES, DAM SAFETY AND HURRICANES. ALSO,AS OFFICE DIRECTOR, I CHAIR THE FEDERAL RADIOLOGICAL PREPAREDNESS COORDINATING COMMITTEE (FRPCC) WHICH INCLUDES OFFICIALS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS OF ENERGY, COMMERCE, HEALTH AND fl! MAN SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, AGRICULTURE, }NTERIOR, DEFENSE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION. IN ADDITION, I CO* CHAIR WITH THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i
(NRC) MONTHLY MEETINGS OF THE FEMA /NRC STEERING COMMITTEE. IHESE TWO COMMITTEES, AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, DEAL WITH POLICY MATTERS RELATED TO OFFSITE PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS AT COMMERCI AL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I AM PLEASED TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TO REPRESENT THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY A,ND TO DISCUSS THE RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (REP) PROGRAM, AS IT RELATES TO OFFSITE EMERGENCY PLANNING IN THE PLUME EXPOSURE EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONE FOR THE PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION.
ACCOMPANYING ME IS MR. JACK DOLAN, FB A REGION I, BOSTON" AND MR. GEORGE WATSON FROM OUR OFFICE OF 6ENERAL COUNSEL.
BEFORE DISCUSSING PILGRIM SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO OUTLINE THE CCNTEXT OF PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND PHILOSOPHY IN WHICH THE PILGRIM SITUATION HAS UNFOLDED. IHE PRIMARY CONCERN OF FBA'S REP PROGRAM IS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
 
OF THE PUBLIC AROUND NUCLEAR POWER PL ANTS. FBA WORKS TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL THROUGH AN EVALUAT]ON OF PLANS AND PREPAREDNESS UNDER THE FBA REGULATION.
                    ' 44 CFR 350            THIS FBA PROCESS, GOVERNED BY THE REGULATION, PRIMARILY INVOLVES A FORMAL SUBMISSION BY THE 60VERNOR, OR HIS/HER DESIGNEE, OF THE STATE.AND LOCAL PLANS FOR THE EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONE (EPZ) AROUND A SPECIFIC NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. IHE EVALUATION PROCESS INCLUDES PARTICIPATION BY A REGIONAL ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE (RAC), CHAIRED BY FBA, WHICH INCLUDES, AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL, THE SAME AGENCIES I MENTIONED AS BELONGING TO THE FRPCC.
IHE RAC REVIEWS THE STATE AND LOCAL PLAN, AGAINST PUBLISHED CRITERIA (NUREG-0554/
FErA-REP-1, REV.1), AND AGENCY REPRESENTAT IVES GIVE ADV!CE ON THE!R PARTICULAR AREAS OF EXPERTISE. THE PUBLISHED CRITERIA WERE DEVELOPED J0!NTLY BY FBA AND NRC WITH FULL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONTAINS ALL THE ESTABLISHED FEDERAL CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPING, REVIEWING AND EVALUATING RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS FOR A COMMERCI AL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EMERGENCY.
THE PUBLISHED CRITERI A CONTAIN 16 MAJOR PLANN!NG STANDARDS, WHICH ARE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO 195 EVALUATION CRITERI A ADDRESSING SUCH ELEMENTS AS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC WARNING, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INFORMATION.
IHE APPROPRIATE FBA REGIONAL OFFICE COORDINATES THE PLANNING REVIEW AND ASSURES THAT AN EXERCISE IS CONDUCTED TO ADEQUATELY TEST THE PL ANS. IHE REGIONAL OFFICE OR STATE ALSO CONDUCTS A PUBLIC MEETING TO INFORM INTERESTED PARTIES OF THE CONTENT OF THE PLANS AND WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED OF THE PUBLIC IN THE EVENT '0F AN EMERGENCY AT THE PLANT. FEMA, THROUGH THE PUBLIC MEETING FORUM ENSURES THAT THE PUBLIC INPUT IS CONSIDERED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN OF THE PLANS, WHERE APPROPRI ATE.
 
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i IN ADDITION, FMA ALSO PROVIDES TECHNICE AS$1 STANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS EFFORT. AS AN EXAMPLE, FEA HAS FREQUENTLY PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMONWEALTH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS PURSUANT TO OUR REGULATIONS. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS IS OUR TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES COURSES IN RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING AND ACCIDENT ASSESSMENT AT THE FBA NATIONAL EMERGENCY IRA!NING CENTER IN EMMITSBuRG, PARYLAND, AND A COURSE TO TRAIN RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE IEAMS AT THE NEVADA NUCLEAR IEST SITE. IHESE COURSES ARE PRIMARILY FOR ST. ATE AND LOCAL OFFICI ALS.
ULTIMATELY, THE PLANS ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED AT FBA HEADQUARTERS.                  FOLLOWING APPROVAL, FBA NOTIFIES THE NRC AND THE GOVERNOR AND PUBLISHES A NOTICE IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER. IHIS IS DONE ONLY IF A DETERMINATION IS MADE, FOLLOWING APPROPRI ATE PLAN EXERCISES, THAT THERE IS REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CAN BE PROTECTED IN THE EVENT OF A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY AT THE PL ANT.              fbWEVER, THE PROCESS DOES NOT END WITH THE INITI AL APPROVAL.
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FBA AND NRC HAVE ALSO SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (M00), MOST RECENTLYREVISEDINAPRIL,f985                    THIS MOU CALLS FOR FEMA TO SUPPLY NRC WITH ADVICE ON OFFSITE PREPAREDNESS ISSUES. IYPICALLY, UNDER THE MOU, FBA PROVIDES
              " INTERIM" 0FFSITE SAFETY FINDINGS THAT ARE USED IN LICENSING DECISIONS MADE BY THE URC.              THESE "lNTERIM" FINDINGS ARE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF THE PREPAREDNESS i                                      .
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POSTURE AT A GIVEN SITE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FINDINGS MADE UNDER OUR REGULATION (44 CFR 350) OR INTERIM FINDINGS UNDER THE MOU ARE MADE ON THE SAME BASIS, THAT IS, UNDER THE PUBLISHED CRITERIA.
PIL6 RIM IN A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THE COMMONWEALTH AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE $PRING OF 1986, FEiA IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS WITH THE COMMONWEALTH'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS.
BASED ON ISSUES RA! SED AT THESE MEETINGS, AND INFORMATION RECElVED SUBSEQUENTLY, FEMA DECIDED TO CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS AND PREPAREDNESS FOR THE PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION AND SO INFORMED THE COMMONWEALTH IN A LETTER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY (MCDA) ON SEPTEMBER 5,1985 DN DECEMBER 22, 1985, THE SECRETARY OF PuBLIC SAFETY, CHARLES BARRY, F0 WARDED TO FEMA A COPY OF THE " REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR AN ACCIDENT AT THE PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION" (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE BARRY REPORT). IHIS REPORT STATED THAT THE MASSACHUSETTS PLAN AND ITS PREPAREDNESS ARE INADEQUATE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT AT THE PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION. FEMA WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INFORMED THAT THE GOVERNOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL DEFE'NSE AGENCY HAD ENDORSED THE BARRY REPORT. IN THE COURSE OF ITS                  .
SELF-INITI ATED REVIEW, FEMA TREATED THIS REPORT AS THE AUTHORITATIVE AND CURRENT POSITION OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
ON AUGUST 6,1987, FDiA TRANSMITTED TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE NRC ITS REPORT ENTITLED "SELF-lNITI ATED REVIEW AND INTERIM FINDING FOR THE PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION". THE REPORT WAS PROVIDED TO THE COMMONWEALTH AND NRC PURSUANT TO THE REGULATION AND IDENTIFIED $1X (6) AREAS OF MAJOR CONCERN:
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LACK OF A RECEPTION CENTER FOR PEOPLE EVACUATING TO THE NORTH.
LACK OF EVACUATION PLANS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND DAYCARE CENTERS.
LACK OF IDENTIFI ABLE PUBLIC SHE'.TERS FOR THE BEACH POPULATION.
            }NADEQUATE PLANNING FOR THE EVACUATION OF THE SPECI AL NEEDS POPULATION.
            }NADEQUATE PLANNING FOR EVACUATION OF THE TRANSPORT DEPENDENT POPUL ATION.
WERALL LACK OF PROGRESS IN PLANNING AND APPARENT DIMINUTION IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
BASED ON THE SELF-INITI ATED REVIEW AND INTERIM FINDING, FBA CONCLUDED THAT MASSACHUSETTS OFFSITE RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS WAS INADEQUATE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT AT PILGRIM.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER, NRC INFORMED THE BOSTON EDISON COMPANY OF FBA'S FINDING.
THEY ENCOURAGED THE UTILITY TO ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING ISSUES IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMONWEALTH AND STATED THAT THE STATUS OF ALL ISSUES UPON WHICH THE FINDING WAS BASED WOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN DECISIONS ABOUT                          j THE RESTART OF THE PLANT. NRC'S PROMPT NOTIFICATION TO THE LICENSEE ABOUT                            f i
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COOPERATIVE EFFORT TOWARDS ADDRESSING ISSUES OF THIS SERIOUS NATURE.
CURRENT STATUS WEN WE TRANSMITTED THE SELF-INITIATED REVIEW TO MASSACHUSETTS WE SUGGESTED
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THAT THEY WORK WITH US TO DEVELOP A WORK PLAN AND SCHEDULE TO CORRECT THE                            I INADEQUACIES IN THEIR PLAN. THE COMMONWEALTH HAS NOT YET DEVELOPED SUCH A WORK PLAN OR SCHEDULE; HOWEVER, SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF THE NEW INTERIM FINDING l
 
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                                                    ,AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE FBA SELF-INITIATED REVIEW AND INTERIM FINDING ON PILGRIM, THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS HAS TAKEN ACTIONS TO ADDRESS OUTSTANDING ISSUES:
* ON DECEMBER 17, 1987, IN A LETTER FROM GOVERNOR DUKAKIS TO OUR REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ht. fENRY VICKERS, THE COMMONWEALTH INDICATED THAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN SEVERAL AREAS. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY INDICATED THAT DRAFT REVISIONS TO THE LOCAL PLANS EXIST IN PART FOR EACH OF THE FIVE EPZ COMMUNITIES. IN SOME CASES THE DRAFT REVISIONS WERE INDICATED AS BEING UP TO 85% COMPLETE.
IHEY FURTHER STATED THAT WHEN OFFICI ALS OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES AND STAFF OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY /0FFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INDICATE THAT THE INITI AL DRAFTS ARE COMPLETED, THE DRAFTS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO FBA FOR INFORMAL TECHNICAL REVIEW.                                      j IHE MASSACHUSETTS BUREAU OF RADI ATION PROTECTION, WHICH IS PART OF THE COMM0tuEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC ftALTH, HAS SUBMITTED TO FBA A DRAFT 4F THEIR INGESTION PATHWAY PLAN WHICH THE RAC IS REVIEWING AT THIS TIME AND PLANS TO COMPLETE BY THE END OF JANUARY AT WHICH TIME THE RAC'S COMMENTS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
FBA LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COMMONWEALTH AND AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR COMMON GOAL OF PROTECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. WE STAND READY TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE AFFECTED PARTIES IN THE RESOLUTION OF OFFSITE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE.
WE ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
 
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COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 7,          1988 GOOD EVENING MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.      MY NAME IS DEBORAH PROTHROW-STITH AND I AM COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS A TWO-FOLD RESPONSIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, MONITORING, RADIATION EXPOSURE AND INVESTIGATING DISEASE OUTBREAKS.
                                                                                                      -FIRST, WE ARE THE PRIMARY STATE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR RADIATION CONTROL.                    WE HAVE CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE RADIATION MONITORING ACTIVITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THE PLANT SINCE THE MID-1970s.      THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE-A NETWORK OF MONITORING STATIONS, PERIODIC SURVEYS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND SERIOUSNESS OF RADIATION DOSES RECEIVED BY HUMANS AND ANIMALS AND PERIODIC INSPECTIONS OF THE POWER PLANT ITSELF.
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OUR MONITORING OF RADIATION INCLUDES DOSIMETERS LOCATED AT 46 SITES TO MEASURE GAMMA RADIATION, THE TYPE OF RADIATION WE WOULD FIND.
THESE DOSIMETERS ARE CHECKED QUARTERLY, AND THEY WOULD INDICATE ANY UNUSUAL EXPOSURE TO GAMMA RADIATION AMONG THE POPULATION WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE REACTOR.
THROUGH A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, WE CONTINUALLY WATER, MONITOR AIRBORNE RADIATION AT THE PLANT.
MILK, FOOD, FISH, AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES ARE TESTED REGULARLY.                                      WE ALSO CONDUCT WEEKLY INSPECTIONS OF THE PILGRIM PLANT, CHECKING INTERNAL MONITORING AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOSE a
ASSESSMENT AND FOR RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS.
THE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO ESTABLISH A STATE OF THE ART COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING PROGRAM IN THE VICINITY OF PILGRIM THAT COULD SERVE AS AN EARLY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND INSURE PROMPT EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF ANY RELEASES OF RADIOACTIVITY THAT MIGHT PRESENT A THREAT TO
 
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ADEQUATE MONITORING POINTS TO MEASURE RADIATION IN THE VICINITY OF THE REACTOR. .
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO WANTS A'REAL TIME MONITORING SYSTEM WHICH WOULD INVOLVE THE            >  !
TRANSMISSION TO A STATE FACILITY OF ONGOING RADIATION LEVELS AT SELECTED LOCATIONS BOTH            ,
WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES AND OFF-SITE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. THIS SYSTEM WOULD ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO KNOW INSTANTANEOUSLY WHEN RADIATION WAS RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.      IN ADDITION, AN ON-LINE REACTOR PARAMETER DATA COMMUNICATION LINK TO THE STATE FACILITY'S COMPUTER WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS SYSTEM.      THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO KNOW THE STATUS OF A REACTOR,      i.e. TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, WATER LEVEL, etc. ON A REAL TIME BASIS, AS WELL AS FURTHER PROVIDE EARLY NOTIFICATION OF EVENTS THET'COULD LEAD TO NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS.
                                  - SECOND, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATING DISEASE O.UTBREAKS IN THE COMMONWEALTH, INCLUDING THOSE THAT MAY BE CAUSED BY CONTAMINATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT.      WE ARE CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A STUDY IN THE PLYMOUTH AREA INTO THE CAUSES OF ELEVATED RATES OF LEUKEMIA, A TYPE OF CANCER THAT CAN BE CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION.                                    4
 
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THAT ASSESSMENT SHOWED No UNUSUAL STATISTICAL TRENDS IN THE PATTERN OF CANCER DEATHS OR IN THE FREQUENCY OF INFANT MORTALITY OR LOW-BIRTHWEIGHTS.                          WHILE SOME ANOMALIES IN INFANT MORTALITY AND LOW BIRTHWEIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED, THE NUMBERS ARE SO SMALL THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRAW ANY STATISTICALLY VALID CONCLUSIONS.                              WE DID FIND A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT EXCESS IN THE INCIDENCE OF CANCERS OF THE BLOOD-FORMING ORGANS AMONG MALES IN THE FIVE COASTAL COMMUNITIES SURVEYED.                          THESE ELEVATIONS ARE AMONG THE TYPES OF LEUKEMIA THAT CAN BE CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO a
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                                                              .                                      THE CRUCIAL QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS WHETHER PILGRIM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRE HIGH RATE OF LEUKEMIA.                        AT PRESENT, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER              i THAT QUESTION UNEQUIVOCALLY, BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING TWO                                          l i
 
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I FIRST, WE ARE CONDUCTING A CASE-CONTROL EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY.TO HELP US IDENTITY THE POSSIBLE-CAUSEU OF THE EXCESS LEUKEMIA.
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THIS INFORMATION WILL BE COMPARED WITH SIMILAR DATA FROM PEOPLE WITHOUT LEUKEMIA FROM THE SAME COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO LOOK FOR ANY DIFFERENCES.        THIS STUDY WILL HELP DETERMINE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN LEUKEMIA AND POSSIBLE SOURCES OF EXPOSURE SUCH AS CHEMOTHERAPY AND/OR RADIATION THERAPY.
WE MUST BE VERY FRANK ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY.        EPIDEMIOLOGY HAS ITS LIMITS, ESPECIALLY IN CASES SUCH AS THIS WHEN WE ARE
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SECOND, WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY THAT COASTAL WIND PATTERNS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE' DISPERSION OF RADIATION EMISSIONS FROM PILGRIM IN A WAY THAT BYPASSED EXISTING RADIATION MONITORING. THIS WORK, BEING CONDUC1ED THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WILL DETERMINE THE FEASIBIL^2TY OF ESTIMATING THE LEVEL OF RADIATION REACHING THE GENERAL POPULATION.
IT IS OUR OBJECTIVE THAT THE COMBINED RESULTS OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS WILL PERMIT AN INFORMED ESTIMATE OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF PILGRIM EMISSIONS TO THE ELEVATED INCIDENCE OF LEUKEMIA IN THE VICINITY OF PILGRIM.
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Carrie Kimball 727-7200 LT. GOVERNOR MURPHY TESTIFIES BEFORE U.S. SENATE LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE Plymouth, Massachusetts... January 7, 1988... Lieutenant Governor Evelyn F. Murphy tonight said in her testimony before            -
a U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee hearing on the Pilgrim nuclear power plant, chaired by Senator Edward M.
Kennedy, that the state has sufficient energy resources and that the reopening of Pilgrim should be based solely on health and safety issues.
                                                          "Let me be very clear: we have sufficient energy generating capacity for all but the most unusual situations.          As a^ matter of fact, Tuesday night, demand hit a record-breaking peak of 18,471 megawatts, and was met through contingency purchases and other standard operating procedures," Murphy said.          "So, meeting even unusually high electricity demands is possible without Pilgrim, without Seabrook, and without crisis."
Murphy also criticized.the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for being " unresponsive to the point of negligence," in regards to the Pilgrim plant. Specifically, Murphy stated that the NRC has failed to respond to the state's request for an adjudicatory hearing, a report on Pilgrim prepared for Governor
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hukakisbySecretaryofPublicSafetyCharlesBarry, ora request by Senator Kennedy and Congressman Gerry Studds for a formal hearing on Pilgrim.
          "The citizens of this state have the right to see this case argued in a formal setting,"    Murphy said.  "I would encourage you, Senator, to do everything in your power to see that this-hearing takes place. You will have the Governor's and my full support in you efforts."
Murphy opened her testimony by' stating the three conditions that Goyernor Dukakis has set for the reopening of the plant.
Those conditions are, correction of inadequate safety practices at the plant, a resolution of management problems and an adaquate evacuation plan.
In 1975, when Murphy was' Secretary of Environmental Affairs, she rejected the draft Environmental Impact Report for
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Pilgrim II because of waste disposal problems and plant safety questions, issues which remain unresolved today.
Murphy concluded by lending her strong support to Senator Kennedy's efforts to get legislation passed which would require the NRC to be bound by the recommendations of a Governor and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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* BOSTON 02133 EVELYN F'. MURPHY UEUTENANT covEnhom TESTIMONY OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR EVELYN F. MURPHY UNITED STATES LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE JANUARY 7, 1988 SENATOR KENNEDY, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.      I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVItG US ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND THE SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES SURROUNDI?C IT.
THE TURNOUT TONIGHT, ON ONE OF THE COLDEST NIGHTS OF THE WINTER, IS TESTIMONY TO THE FEELI!GS PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
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GOVERNOR'S AND MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY POSED BY THIS PLANT, AND TO INSIST, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMM0!NEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, UPON TWO VERY REASONABLE, SPECIFIC' ACTIONS.      FIRST, THAT THE NRC HOLD AN        i ADJUDICATORY HEARI?C HERE, IN PLYMOUTH, BEFORE THIS PLANT OPENS. SECOND, THAT PILGRIM NOT BE ALLOWED TO REOPEN UNTIL THE      I EMERGENCY EVACUATION CONCERNS OF BOTH FEMA AND GOVERNOR DUKAKIS HAVE BEEN SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED.
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IN JUNE 1986, THE NRC AND BOSTON EDISON ANNOUNCED THE i
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                                                                                      , CHARGES CONCERNING THE SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FACILITY.
MR. AGNES , THE WILL NOT DVELL ON THE SPECIFICS OF THIS MATTER.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DR. PROTHROV-STITH, THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ARE PREPARED TO PROVIDE DETAILED DOCUMENTATION TO.YOU AND THE COMMITTEE ABOUT THE CONCERNS GOVERNOR DUKAKIS AND I SHARE.
SINCE THE CLOSI!C OF THE FACILITY, GOVERNOR DUKAKIS HAS LAID OUT THREE PRECONDITIONS FOR ITS REOPENING; PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE AT THE CRUX OF THOSE CRITERIA.
FIRST, THE INADEQUATE SAFETY PRACTICES AT THE PLANT MUST BE CORRECTED; SECOND, THE MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS MUST BE RESOLVED; AND THIRD, THE EVACUATION PLAN MUST BE ADEQUATE.
a THESE THREE CRITERIA HAVE BEEN OFFERED AS REASONABLE DEMANDS FOR THE OPERATION OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN A HEAVILY-POPULATED AREA.                AND THESE THREE CRITERIA HAVE NOT YET BEEN MET BY BOSTON EDISON.                THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS THE OUR INSISTENCE THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS.
PLANT BE OPERATED WITH PROTECTION OF PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND S AS THE FOREMOST GUARANTEE IS ABSOLUTELY NON-NEGOTIABLE..
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SO, MY RESERVATIONS HAVE BECOME RESOLUTIONS: RESOLUTION TO PREVENT OUR GAFETY AND ECONOMIC HEALTH BEING HELD HOSTAGE TO AhT ONE POWER SOURCE; AND RESOLUTION TO WORK TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE, RELIABLE, NON-NUCLEAR ENERGY.
AS YOU DELIBERATE ON THE FUTURE OF THE PILGRIM PLANT, PLEASE DISREGARD THE ISSUES INVOLVING SUPPLY AND DEMAND ON THE NEW ENGLAND POWER GRID.      LET ME BE VERY CLEAR: WE HAVE SUFFICIENT ENERGY GENERATING CAPACITY FOR ALL BUT THE MOST UNUSUAL SITUATIONS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, TUESDAY NIGHT, DEMAND HIT A RECORD-BREAKING PEAK OF 18,471 MW, AND WAS MET THROUGH CONTI!CENCY PURCHASES AND OTHER STANDARD OPERATI?G PROCEDURES.
SO, MEETING EVEN UNUSUALLY HIGH ELECTRICITY DEMANDS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT PILGRIM, WITHOUT SEABROOK, AND WITHOUT CRISIS.
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GOVERNOR HAS ASKED ME TO WORK WITH SECRETARY POLLARD, SECRETARY          .
                            ' GOLD, SECRETARY H0YTE, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, THE-DEPARTMENT OF CAPITAL PLANNING AND OPERATIONS AND ME GOVERNOR'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SO THE STATE CAN MOVE AGGRESSIVELY ON THESE INITIATIVES TO AUGMENT SUPPLY AND DAMPEN DEMAND.      AND WE ARE D011C JUST THAT.
                                  .HAVI!C EXPRESSED THESE CONCERNS TO YOU, SENATOR, I MUST SAY I REALIZE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR YOU, GOVERNOR DUKAKIS, ME AND OTHER RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO MAY.E ANY HEADWAY AGAINST AN UNRESPONSIVE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY, A BUREAUCRACY THAT REALLY DOESN'T' SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS STATE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HAS BEEN SURPRISINGLY NON-RESPONSIVE IN DEALING WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS FACILITY.
LET ME BE SPECIFIC. IN JULY OF 1986, SENATOR WILLIAM GOLDEN, MYSELF, MASSPIRG AND MANY OTHERS SIGNED A SHOW CAUSE PETITION ADDRESSI!G THREE POINTS: REACTOR SAFETY; EMERGENCY PLANNING; AND MAINTE?iANCE.      THE NRC RATHER CALLOUSLY DISMISSED THE FIRST TWO, AND DEFERRED CONSIDERATION OF THE THIRD POINT.
MASSPIRG HAS APPEALED THE DENIALS, AND ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES SHANNON IS NOW AN INTERVENER IN THE APPEAL; YET THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE. I FIND THIS VERY DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT.
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IN OCTOBER,1987, GOVERNOR DUKAKIS AND ATTORNEY GENERAL
                                                                    /      JAMES SHANNON FILED A SHOW CAUSE PETITION ASKIIG FOR AN ADJUDICATORY HEARIIC ON WHETHER THIS PLANT SHOULD BE ALLOVED TO REOPEN. THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE.
NOR HAS THE NRC RESPONDED IN A SUBSTANTIVE MANNER TO THE TWO REPORTS ON PILGRIM, PREPARED BY SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY CHARLES BARRY AND SUBMITTED BY GOVERNOR DUKAKIS, THE FIRST IN DECEMBER 1986, THE SECOND IN DECEMBER 1987.
AND, SENATOR, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NRC HAS DENIED THE REQUEST WHICH YOU AND CONGRESSMAN GERRY STUDDS SUBMITTED ASKING FOR AN ADJUDICATORY HEARIIC ON PILGRIM.
THE NRC HAS INDICATED THAT IT WILL MEET WITH THE PETITIONERS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE CITIZENS OF THIS STATE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEE THIS CASE ARGUED IN A FORMAL SETTING. I WOULD ENCOURAdE YOU, SENATOR, TO DO EVERYTHItG IN YOUR POWER TO SEE THAT THIS HEARItG TAKES PLACE. YOU WILL HAVE THE GOVERNOR'S AND MY FL*LL SUPPORT IN YOUR EFFORTS.
WHAT THE GOVERNOR AND THE, PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS HAVE PUT FORTH ARE SPECIFIC AND REASONABLE REQUESTS AND SUGGESTIONS. BUT WHEN CONFRONTED BY SUCH BUREAUCRATIC STONEWALLING, A VOICE OF REASON COULD BECOME TRANSFORMED INTO A VOICE OF OUTRAGE. IT IS AN UNCONSCIONABLE ATTITUDE ON THE PART OF A PUBLIC AGENCY SUPPOSEDLY CHARGED WITH ?ROTECTIIC PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
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IN. CLOSING, LET ME MAKE ONE FINAL POINT REGARDING FEMA AND THE NRC.              AS YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY TEMA'S ROLE IS STRICTLY hDVISORY.              HOWEVER, THE SITUATION HERE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HOW THE NRC COULD OVERRULE THE REC 0ffMENDATIONS OF BOTH THE' GOVERNOR OF A STATE AND ITS OWN ADVISORY BODY BY ALLOWING PILGRIM TO.
REOPEN DESPITE EXPERT OPINION TO THE CONTRARY.                        THIS IS AN ABSURDITY.              THE GOVERNOR AND I WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT Ata' CONGRESSIONAL EFFORT TO GET LEGISLATION PASSED WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE NRC TO BE BOUND RY THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A GOVERNOR AND FEMA.
FOR MASSACHUSETTS, THIS WOULD MEAN THAT PILGRIM WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS WERE SATISFIED WITH THE EMERGENCY PLANS.
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BECo is implementing several organization and personnel changes. Realignment will increase line functions reporting to Senior VP Nuclear and realign the station organization. A Technical Specification change will be required.
Initial review of the BEco restart plan is in progress and is expected to take until Februarv 198R. A local meeting to receive public comments on the restart plan is planned for mid-Februarv. Integrated team assessn.ent of utility readiness is planned for March 1988 1
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                                  -FEBRUARY-1988 OVERVIEW REPORT PLANT NAME: PILGRIM                                                                        j PROJECT MANAGER:  D.G. MCDONALD o    -MONTHLY OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW FOR FEBRUARY 1988                                                                              q The plant continues to be down for an extended outage for refueling, resolution of equipment and operational difficulties.- management issues and-emergency planning concerns. Restart readiness expected the first part of March.
Monthly Licensing Actinn Summary:
TRIPS THIS MONTH        0 TRIPS LAST 12 MONTHS    0 NUMBER OF REPORTABLE EVENTS    6 LICENSING ACTIONS TYPE                                        CATEGORY 1 CATEGORY 2 CATEGORY 3 TOTAL Licensing Actions' Opened in 02/88                0          1            0                                        1 (Projected Categories)
Licensing Actions Closed in 02/88                0          0            ?                                        2 Licensing Actions in Progress                    0          2            8                                      T February 29, 1988 Licensing Actions Returned (Cat 1) in 02/88            0 For Applications received prior to 9/4/87 Number under review by PM      ?
Number reviewed and completed by PM          1 sir,NIFICANT ISSHES AND EVENTS Sioni'icant Activities During February 1988 The Pilgrim Restart Panel met at the Pilgrin site on February 17, 1988 to discuss schedulina and restart issues.
The NRC staff held public meetings on February 18, 1988 (1-4 p.m. and 7-10 p.m.) in Plymouth, MA, to receive comments on the licensee's restart program.
1he meeting: were transcribed and the staff indiceted ell written comments received 50 speakersby February  25 andat and 250 people  oral theranents g)iven meetings        at the will be    meetingin(approximately considered    assessing the restart activities at Pilgrim. Follow-up public meeting (s) will be held
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MA. Governor Dukakis und Attorney General Shannon issued a press release criticizing the meetings and reauesting an adjudicatory hearing. MA Senator Kerry submitted a written statement for the record on behalf of himself, US Senator Kennedy US Congressman Studds, Governor Dukakis and other elected Massachusetts elected officials requesting adjudicatory hearings. A member of Senator Kennedy's staff provided a copy of a letter to Chairman Zech requestina that Pilgrim Station not be allowed to restart until several conditions have been met including an adjudicatory hearing and completion of an NIH study of the link between cancer and nuclear power.
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The licensee met with the NRC in Region I on February 24, 1988 to discuss
                    .their self-assessment of restart readiness, overall plant status ard schedule                )
for requesting our. integrated team assessment. BECo has pravious1.v indicated              j they believed they would be ready-for our team assessment in March The licensee has implemented several-organizational and management changes                a many of which became effective on February 1, 1988. We have been notified, in              l accordance with their Technical Specifications, and an Amendment will be                  '
requested soon.
The second operator training class in a row has received a 100% pass rate.
Eight operators (5 R0s and 2 SR0s) have received their licensees resulting in -
22 R0s and 26 SR0s at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.
NRR, with the assistance of the residents, will review the Direct Torus Vent (DTV) installation and supporting documentation the first week in March. The hard pipe DTV has been installed and capped off with blank flange pending                  i review and resolution of operability requirements.
Events None Significant Meetinos Scheduled Durino March 1988 (NRR, Region, etc.)
The Pilgrim Restart Assessment Panel will meet at the site on March 9, 1988 to discuss staff coordination of technical reviews and inspections.
A team of NRR, Region I and contractor personnel will be on site the week of 3/14/88 to evaluate Pilgrim Emergency Operating Procedures.
Items for Management Attention Unanticipated demands on Projects staff (Delav in E0P site visit and delays in the fire protection activities) coupled.with loss of 0. Gormley as Pro.4ect Engineer and not being able to fill the vacancy have impacted completion of Pilgrim licensing actions. 12 licensing actions reouire completion prior to Restart.
An inspection of the 50.59 installation of the direct torus vent (DTV) has been completed and the results will be documented in the Residents Monthly Report.
Status of Items Previously l<ientifiei for Panagpent Attentton G. Requa, Project Engineer from PDII I, continues to be loaned on a part-time basis to the Pilgrin Project team to assist with the licensing workload.
Next Scheduled Refueling Outarg February 1989 cc:    D. Mcdonald PDI-3 R/F M. Rushbrook V. Rooney I
 
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i PILGRIM        04/12/86      10/26/87C    02/29/88E    04/15/88E    4/29/88E    j COMMENTS: RCS HYDRO WAS COMPLETED DECEMBER 10, 1987 AND THE ILRT WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 24, 1987. BECO IS FORECASTING COMPLETION OF MOST OUTAGE ACTIVITIES BY THE END OF FEBRUARY 1988. CRITICAL PATH AREAS INCLUDE          ,
FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS.
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BECO IS IMPLEMENTING SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONAL AND PERSONNEL CHANGES.
REALIGNMENT WILL INCREASE LINE FUNCTIONS REPORTING TO SENIOR VP NUCLEAR AND REALIGN STATION ORGANIZATION.
INITIAL REVIEW 0F BECO RESTART PLAN IS IN PROGRESS AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UNTIL END OF FEBRUARY 1988. LOCAL MEETINGS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC      i COMMENTS ON RESTART PLAN ARE PLANNED FOR THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 18, 1988 THE AGREED UPON SCHEDULE (WEEK OF FEBRUARY 8, 1988) FOR THE ONSITE REVIEW OF THE PROCEDURE GENERATION PACKAGE (PGP),
fuERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES (EOPs) AND OPERATOR TRAINING IN THE USE OF THE E0Ps HAS BEEN DEFERRED AT BECOs REQUEST. THIS DELAY AND THE STATUS OF OTHER ISSUES (SUCH AS FIRE PROTECTION REVIEWS) WILL PROBABLY IMPACT THE STAFF'S SCHEDULE FOR THE INTEGRATED TEAM ASSESSMENT OF THE UTILITY READINESS. THE PREVIOUSLY PLANNED MARCH DATE HAS SLIPPED TO APRIL, 1988. DEPENDING ON BECOs RESPONSIVENESS, FURTHER DELAYS COULD OCCUR.
RESOLUTION OF 0FFCITE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ISSUES EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE. COMPLETION OF IMPROVED LOCRL PLANS IS NOT EXPECTED BEFORE 2/28/88. SUBMITTAL DATE OF COMMONWEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS TO FEMA IS UNAN0WN. BECO REQUESTED AN EXEMPTION FROM THC BIENNIAL EP EXERCISE (REQUIRED BY 12/31/87) AND SU FF GRANTED EXEMOTION DECEMBER 9, 1987.
 
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EDO HIGHLIGHTS 02/03/88 P01-3 PILGRIM - Activities Update 2/3/88 The Pilgrim Restart Panel met in Region I (NRR by phone) on February 2,1988 to discuss scheduling and restart issues.                                            !
A Task Force has been established by Region I to review the BEto Restart Plan and includes Frank Akstulewicz from NRR. The Task Force will act as a point of coordinator and interfare with the Restart Panel for staff level review activities.
The first local meeting to receive public comments on the restart plan will be held in Plymouth, MA, on February 18, 1988. On February 9,1988. S. Collins and M. Miller of Region I will meet with P. Agnes (Asst. Secretary for Public Safety - Commonwealth of Massachusetts) to discuss the staff's review approach and public meetings concept. Commonwealth legislative representatives and other interested parties are expected to attend.
BEco has requested a delay in the previously agreed upon schedule for a site audit of the Procedure Generations Package, Emergency Operating Procedures and Training in the use of the EOP. This and other potential delays in resolving restart issues (i.e. fire protection) could result in delaying the integrated team assessment of the utility's readiness which was planned for late March 1988.
The licensee identified a problem in their degraded grid protection which results in an inadequate setooint for the protective relaying of some safety-related electrical equipment. The results of the BECO reanalysis will likely result in revised setpoints requiring a Technical Specification amendment.
NRR issued Araendments 112 and 113 to the Pilgrim License. The first concerned the Standby Gas Treatment System Technical Specification and the second concerned Containment Isolation Valve Tednical Specifications.
NRR has twelve individual licensing actions to comclete prior to considering a    i restart decision; six of these involve fire protection issues.                    l m
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F. Fa re P r o t ect i on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F.      Emergency      Prepareanees...................
G. Secur i ty and Saf eguards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
H. Outage Management and Modification Activities.................
I. Licensing Activities.....................
J. Engineering and Corporate Techni c al Suppor t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
K. Training and Qualification Effectiveness.
M. Assurance of Quality.....................
IV.        Boston Edison Restart                P1an....................
A. Results of NRC Revier....................
B. Disposition of Public Comments...........
V.        Boston Edison Power Ascension Program.........
A. Resul te of NRC Revi ew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B. Planned NRC Inspection Activities During Startup..........................
VI.        Eupporting Data and        Summeries.................
A. Inspection 5tatistics.....................
B. Enforcement Actions......................
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Attachments A. Readiness Assessment Team Inspection Report...................................
B. Public Meeting Transcript................
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I NQIEE Background - Should go back at least to SS SALP period, Performance Assessment - Since this report is going to be a subutitute for the SALP, all functional areas are included. Previous cat 3 areas and other problem areas identified in the 85 and 86 5 ALPS, the J1 agnostic team inspection, and management meeting Q6-41 wwuid be discussee in more detail.
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err.). The data procented in section VI will bw used in the various tungt1gnal area assessments to support the area conclusions and recommendations.
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DIRECT TORUS VENT OPTIONS I. Fundam?nta1 Opt 2ons
: 1. Bliud Flanqe
                          -- Currently in place at Pilgrim Appears that it can be accomplished under 50.59
                          - Policy question: Can we support inajor modifications to the containment un id er 50.597
                          - Must consider safety impact on SBGT Systom        (Failure of flanae.and rupture disc could lead to SBGT Svstem bypass, but probability is low).
                          - Requires no submittal by BECo (Answer to 8/21/87 questions not required)
                          - Staff would do onsite review and document in inspection report    (Review would include:    assessment of administrative controls and surveillance on flange / rupture disc, evaluation of_BECo safety evaluation, examine physical installation, review plant modification package, etc.)
                          - CGC acceptance (S. Lewis indicated probably OK; Scinto?)
: 2. Instal 1 Jalve 5A25
                          - Will require change to Tech. Specs. and submittal from BECo
                            - Involves significant hazards considerations
                          - URSO must be addresscd        (Creation of a pathway that potentially bypasses SBGT)
                            - Must sepa' ate installation and operability issue Installation gnly appears to be No Significant Hazard, assuming sufficient controls established to assure valve remains closed
                            - Don't need answer to O/21/97 questions      since operability is not an ibrue at this time (BECo reviewing a current draft response with owner's group.      Owner's group vote required before BECo submittal - probably several months away).                                                            1
                            - Hi radiation override and containment isolation override (described in BECo SEP submittal of June 1987) are not acceptable features at this time
                            - Must assess procedural controls on isolated DTV line and existing SBGT System. including procedure f,or containment venting in the event of an accident (EOPs should specify venting via the SBGT path, which is a currently approved path under Revision 2 of the EPGs. Venting via the DTV line is not approved at this time).
 
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                            - SEP submittal of June 87
                            - Initial staff assessment of 8/21/87
                            - BECo 50.59 packages on DTV with valve and flange Formiilate Staff Position
                            - URSD?
                            - How does BECo implement
                            - Velve or flange (Valve allows potentially operable system)
Position on system operability (Not prepared to support opeiable system)
                            - Why containment design still Of: ... or why design is compromised
                            - Policy question: Can we support major modifications to the contelnment under 50.59?
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i Pilgrim - Activities' Update 2/10/88 The Pilgrim Restart Panel will meet at the Pilgrim site on February 17, 1988 to discuss scheduling and restart issues.
A Task Force has been established to review the Restait Plan, resolve public coments relating to the Restart Plan (public meeting in Plymouth on 2/1R/88 as previously indicated), review the Power Ascension Program and develop the format and content of the Readiness Report resulting from our integrated team inspection.
The staff's resporse to the 2.206 Petition from the Commonwealth of MA (filed 10/15/87) is in draft form and should be available for concurrence next week.
The OGC, with assistance from the staff, is responding to the Commonwealth's brief seeking judicial review of the Director's decision of 8/21/87 denying MASSPIRG's 2.206 petition (also referred to as the Golden Petitinn). Our response to the brief should be available around the first of March or possibly earlier.
The licensee has indicated they will initiate a self-assessment of their readiness status beginning the middle of this month. If no new issues or concerns are identified as the result of the self-assessment, 8Eco has indicated that they will reouest our integrated team assessment begin the first part of March. However, the integrated team assessment could be delayed due to the status of our E0P review, fire protection reviews or other restart issues. Concerns in these areas will be discussed during the February 17, 1988 Restart Panel meetino at the Pilgrim site.
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COMMENTS: RCS HYDRO WAS COMPLETED DECEMBER 10, 1987 AND THE ILRT WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 24, 1987. BECO IS FORECASTING COMPLETION OF MOST OUTAGE ACTIVITIES BY THE END OF FEBRUARY 1988. CRITICAL PATH AREAS INCLUDE FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS.
BECO IS IMPLEMENTING SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONAL AND PER$0MNEL CHANGES.
REALIGNMENT WILL INCREASE LINE FUNCTIONS REPORTING TO SENIOR VP NUCLEAR AND REALIGN STATION ORGANIZATION.
INITIAL REVIEW 0F BECO RESTART PLAN IS IN PROGRESS AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE. UNTIL--END-OF FEBRUARY 1988. LOCAL MEETINCS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON RESTART PLAN ARE PLANNED FOR THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 18, 19889HE AGREED UPON SCHEDULE (WEEK OF FEBRUARY 8, 1988)' TOR-THEMSITE REVIEW OF THE PROCEDURE GENERATION PACKAGE (PGP).
EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES (EOPs) AND OPERATOR TRAINING IN THE USE OF THE E0Ps HAS BEEN DEFERPED AT BECOs REQUEST. THIS DELAY AND THE STATUS OF GTHER ISSUES (SUCH AS FIRE PROTECTION REVIEWS) WILL PROBABLY IMPACT THE STAFF'S SCHEDULE FOR THE INTEGRATED TEAM ASSESSMENT OF THE UTILITY READINESS. THE PREVIOUSLY PLANNED MAPCH DATE HAS SLIPPED TO APRIL, 1988. DEPENDING ON BECOs RESPONSIVENESS, FURTHER DELAYS COULD OCCUR.
RESOLUTION OF 0FFSITE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ISSUES EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE. COMPLETION OF IMPROVED LOCAL PLANS IS NOT EXPECTED BEFORE 2/28/88. SUBMITTAL DATE OF COMMONWEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS TO FEMA IS UNKNOWN. SECO REQUESTED AN EXEMPTION FROM THE BIENNIA EP EXERCISE (REQUIRE 3 BY 12/31/87) AND STAFF GRAFTED EXENPTION DECEMBER 9, 1907, i
 
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Pilgrim -Activities Update The Pilgrim Res'. art Panel will meet at the Pilgrim site on February 17, 1988 to discuss scheduling and restart issues.
              'A Task Force has been established to review the Pestart Plan, resolve public comments relating to the Restart Plen (public meeting in Plymouth on 2/18/88 as previously indicated), review the Power Ascension Progran and develop the format and content of the Readiness Report resulting from our intaarated team inspections.
The staff's responsa to the 2.206 Petition from the Commonwealth of MA (filed 10/15/87) is in draft form and should be available for concurrence the week'of
              ?/22/88. The OGC, with assistance from the staff, is responding to the Commonwealth's brief seeking judicial review of the Director's Interim Decision of 8/91/87 denying MASSPRIG's 2.206 petition (also referred to as the Golden Petition). Our response to the brief should be available around the first of March or possibly earlier.
The licensee has indicated they will initiate a self-assessment of their readiness status beginning the middle of this month (February 1 If nn new issues or concerns are identified as a result of the self-assessment, BEco has indicated that they will request our integrated team assessment begin the first part of March.        However, the integrated team assessment could be delayed due to the status of our E0P review, # ire protection reviews or other restart l              issues.        Concerns in these areas will be discussed during the Februar.y 17, l              1988 Restart Parel meeting at the Pilgrim site.
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Pilgrim - Activities Update The Pilgrim Restart Panel met at the Pilgrim site on February 17, 1988 to discuss scheduling and restart issues.
The NRC staff held public meetings on February 18, 1988 (1-4 p.m. and 7-10 p.m.) in Plymouth, MA, to recieve comments on the licensee's restart program.
The meetings were transcribed and the staff indicated all written comments received by February 25 and oral comments given at the meeting (approximately 50 speakers and 250 people at the meetings) will be considered in assessing the restart activities at Pilgrim. Follow-up public meeting (s) will be held to respond to the comments.
MA. Governor Dukakis and Attorney General Shannon issued a press release criticizing the meetings and requesting an adjudicatory hearing. MA Senator Kerry submitted a written statement for the record on behalf of himself, US Senator Kennedy, US Congressman Studds, Governor Dukakis and other elected Massachusetts elected officials requesting a:fudicatory hearings. A member of Senator Kennedy's staff provided a copy of a letter to Chairman Zech requesting that Pilgrim Station not be allowed to restart until several conditions have been met including an adjudicatory hearing and completion of an NISi study of the link between cancer and nuclear power.
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1                                                                                                                        Pilgrim Continued The licensee is meeting with the NRC in Region I on Februarv 24, 1988 to discuss their self-assessment of restart readiness, overall plant status and schedule for requesting our integrated team assessment. BEco has previously indicated they believed they would be ready for our team assessment in March, however, concerns relating to activities pertaining to fire prote'? ion E0Ps and other areas discussed during the Restart Panel meeting could result in celays.
The licensee has implemented several-organizational and management changes many of which became effective on February 1, 1988. We have been notified, in accordance with their Technical Specifications, and an Amendment will be requested soon.
The second operator training class in a row has received a 100% pass rate.
Eight operators (6 R0s and 2 SR0s) have received their licensees resulting in
                                  ?2 R0s and 76 SR0s at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.
NRR, with the assistance of the residents, will review the Direct Torus Vent (DTV) installation and supporting documentation the first week in March.                                              The hard pipe DTV has-been installed and capped off with blank flange pending review and resolution of operability requirements.
 
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Monthly Licensing Action Summary:
TRIPS THIS MONTH        0 TRIPS LAST 12 MONTHS    0 NUMBER OF REPORTABLE EVENT 5    7 LICENSING ACTIONS TYPE                                      CATEGORY 1 CATEGORY 2 CATEGORY 3 TOTAL Licensing Actions Opened in 03/88                0        1
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Licensing Actions Closed in 03/88                0        0          4        4 Licensing Actions in Progress                    0        3          7    T March 31, 1988 Licensing Actions Returned (Cat 1) in 03/88          0 For Applications received prior to 9/4/87                                        '
Number under review by PM      3 Number reviewed and completed by PM          1 SIGNIFICANT ISSUES AND EVENTS Significant Activities During March 1988 l
The Pilgrim Restart Panel met at the Pilgrim site on March 9.1988 to discuss scheduling and restart. issues. Dr. Murley, A. Thadani and B. Russell toured the site specifically Jo learn more about the direct torus vent.
I BECo met with the NRC in Region 1 on February 24, 1988 to discuss their self-assessment of restart readiness, overall plant status and schedule for requesting our integrated team acsessment. Completion of BECo's self-assessment, which is currently scheduled to be completed in May, is a prerequisite to the NRC assessment. A meeting to discuss BECo's Power Ascension Program will be held in Region 1 on April 8, 1988.
The Pilgrim restart assessment panel developed a project schedule of August 1988 for restart. The schedule is tentative and is based on successful completion of integrated activities by both the licensee and staff. The licensee is aware of the schedule and generally agrees, but would like to shorten the total time. The staff indicated it would support an effort to improve the schedule as long as all the key elements and requirements are met.
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      .,              many of which became effective on February 1, 1988. We have been notified, in accordance with their technical specifications, and an amendment will be requested soon. The realignment will increase line functions reporting to Senior VP Nuclear and modify the station organization.
A team inspection was conducted the week of 3/14/88. The purpose of the inspection was to review the Procedures Generation Package (PGP), Emergency Operating Procedures (E0Ps) and operator training in the use of the E0Ps.
NRR, with the assistance of the residents, reviewed the Direct Torus Vent (DTV) installation and supporting documentation on March 2 and 3, 1988. The hard pipe DTV has been installed and capped off with blank flange pending review and resolution of operability requirements. The present infiguration, installed pursvunt to 10 CFR 50.59, is acceptable to the staff.
Resolution of offsite emergency preparedness EP Issues is expected to be a major concern. Completion of improved local plans is continuing. Submittal date of commonwealth emergency preparedness plans to FEMA is currently unknown.
BECo requesteo an exemption from the Biennial EP exercise (required by 12/31/87) and staff granted exemption December 9, 1987. This exemption, which will expire on June 30, 1988, could be affected by further restart delays. At this time, the licensee has not indicated if an additional schedule exemption is needed.
Events None Significant Meetings Scheduled During April 1988 (NRR, Region,etc.)
Commissioner Rogers is planning a visit to the Pilgrim fecility on April 27, 1988.
The Pilgrim Restart Assessment Panel will meet at the site on April 12, 1988 to discuss staff coordination of technical reviews and inspections.
A meeting is scheduled for April 8,1988 in Region 1 to discuss the Pilgrim Power Ascension Program.
Items for Management Attention An inspection of the 50.59 installation of the isolated direct torus vent (DTV) has been completed and the results will be documented in the Residents Monthly Report.
Status of Items Previously Identified for Management Attention G. Requa, Project Engineer from PDII-I, continues to be loaned on a part-time basis to the Pilgrim Project team to assist with the licensing workload.
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50 888
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10 888 751 M4  '
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T                                                                                C E                    8                              7                        8            I8 N                          S                    8                              8                        8            R8 R                  NE                    /                              /                        /            A/
E                      IOT                      0                              8                        0            /5 G              APA                      3                              2                        3            T1 M NT                    RSD                      /                              /                        /            P/
IR                  E                    1                              2                        1            R1 E SO                        R                    0                              1                        0                  0 NP                                                                                                              S G      EE)                                                                                                            H CRS                                                                                                            T A      I    R                  E                                                                        7            A7 LRE        1            T          N                                                            8                  8 N          ET                    A          O                                                            /            R/
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M          AQ G                  A          E FMD        L            R          J 2                                                      M0                E0 O A        I                        N4                                                      N                R TE      P                                N,.                                            I                F I 1:                                                    A S NCH              :                      - Nf              W                                ',  T                B E
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EB                                N          Y                        Ep I                C                Oj y
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M    C                O            C          C            O b                              M    E                R          E            C            R                E M    T6                P6          S6          E7            P7                T7 s.?                                      8                8            8          8            8                  8
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6                                                                                                                        N3 8                                R    M    N0          .      N1          N7          N2          N6 O5          O5                O9 0
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f T      T          T              T    T      9?
t                8      8          8              8    8      [
(f.                                                                      7_
                                                                                                          }/.
T        )                        8      8          8              8    8 CE N            {
5                /      /          /              /    /      2 AT O A    I    fk..-
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NT      (              3              00                                              1 Y                    IA                      1              33                                              0 D                    /              //                                              /
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E                                8 N                    S                                8 R              NE                              /
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Testimony Before Senate Labor & Human Resources Committee Re Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
ML20245C382
Person / Time
Site: Pilgrim
Issue date: 01/07/1988
From:
SENATE, LABOR & HUMAN RESOURCES
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